Gore Verbinski's CG-animated Western Rango returns to the top of the UK box office in its third week of release, leading a poor weekend for UK cinemas. Rango, which features the voice talents of Johnny Depp, is the only film to cross the seven figure mark (and just barely) with £1,045,326. This pushes it ahead of last week's number one Battle: Los Angeles, while Liam Neeson actioner Unknown rounds out the top three for the third week in a row.
Turning to the new releases, Brit rom-com Chalet Girl is the highest new entry in the chart, taking £677k to finish up fourth, which includes £128k of preview screenings from Wednesday and Thursday. Matthew McConaughey courtroom thriller The Lincoln Lawyer is close on its heels in sixth with £571k, while 'urban comedy' Anuvahood pulls in a decent £536k to claim seventh place behind the Farrelly brothers comedy Hall Pass.
Moving down the chart, Matt Damon thriller The Adjustment Bureau slips four places to eighth while Best Picture winner The King's Speech continues its decline, dropping three places to ninth after a stellar 11 week run that has seen the period drama bank an astonishing £44m. Finally, CG-animated family adventure Gnomeo and Juliet pushes its cumulative gross beyond the £15m mark but slips to tenth place after six weeks on screens.
One other new release slipped under the radar this week as Richard Ayoade's directorial debut Submarine landed outside of the top ten, but with £244k from just 60 screens the coming of age tale claimed the weekend's highest screen average with £4075.
Number one this time last year: Alice in Wonderland
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rango | £1,045,326 | 3 | £5,020,745 |
| 2 | Battle: Los Angeles | £874,265 | 2 | £3,454,350 |
| 3 | Unknown | £775,576 | 3 | £4,496,496 |
| 4 | Chalet Girl | £677,716 | 1 | £677,716 |
| 5 | The Lincoln Lawyer | £571,836 | 1 | £571,836 |
| 6 | Hall Pass | £556,292 | 2 | £1,993,683 |
| 7 | Anuvahood | £536,818 | 1 | £536,818 |
| 8 | The Adjustment Bureau | £532,325 | 5 | £4,096,043 |
| 9 | The King's Speech | £350,417 | 11 | £44,011,810 |
| 10 | Gnomeo and Juliet | £295,023 | 6 | £15,127,116 |
Incoming...
The last weekend of March plays host to a number of releases, although nothing really stands out as likely to light up the multiplexes...
British director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) turns his hand to historical epics with The Eagle (cert. 12A), featuring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Mark Strong, while Gwyneth Paltrow headlines the music drama Country Strong (cert. 12A). Meanwhile Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro star in the mindbending thriller Limitless (cert.15) and The Rock, a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson, is out for revenge for the murder of his brother in Faster (cert. 15).
Family audiences have the option of Belgian CG-animation A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (cert. U), while there's also limited releases for Werner Herzog's 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams (cert. U) and Polish director Cezary Pazura's gangster comedy Weekend (cert. 15), along with Irish horror Wake Wood (cert. 18) from Hammer Films.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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