The 3D animated family adventure Rio takes the UK box office crown in its opening weekend, but the first sunny weather of the year left cinemas reeling as the top ten posted the lowest combined takings since June of last year. Rio tops the chart with just over £1.5m including £109k in previews, while Duncan Jones' techno-thriller Source Code holds onto its second and adds another £848k for a two-week haul a shade below £3m. Along with Rio, three other newcomers make an appearance in the chart this week. In seventh with £160k is the Bollywood romantic comedy Thank You, while college thriller The Roommate takes ninth with £120k. Lastly, the $150m Robert Zemeckis-produced mo-cap flop Mars Needs Moms (sorry, I mean Mums) continues its dismal showing and just about manages to place in the top ten with a rather feeble £113k, of which £70k was from last weekend's preview screenings.
Turning to the familiar faces and the Bradley Cooper / Robert De Niro thriller Limitless retains third place with £737k, one spot ahead of previous number one Hop (which suffers the steepest decline of the week, falling three in its second week of release). Also on the slide are Sucker Punch and The Eagle, both of which slip one place apiece to fifth and sixth, while Liam Neeson actioner Unknown holds onto eighth after a strong six-week showing in the chart.
Number one this time last year: Clash of the Titans
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio | £1,515,853 | 1 | £1,515,853 |
| 2 | Source Code | £848,366 | 2 | £2,990,826 |
| 3 | Limitless | £737,417 | 3 | £5,744,993 |
| 4 | Hop | £611,367 | 2 | £2,623,612 |
| 5 | Sucker Punch | £346,399 | 2 | £1,633,285 |
| 6 | The Eagle | £181,823 | 3 | £2,504,508 |
| 7 | Thank You | £160,191 | 1 | £160,191 |
| 8 | Unknown | £135,025 | 6 | £6,225,112 |
| 9 | The Roommate | £120,365 | 1 | £120,365 |
| 10 | Mars Needs Moms | £113,559 | 1 | £113,559 |
Incoming...
Wes Craven, Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox return to the Scream franchise this coming Friday for the fourth installment in the revisionist slasher series, entitled - you've guessed it - Scream 4 (cert. TBC). Meanwhile Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman headline Catherine Hardwicke's romantic reimagining of the classic fairy tale Red Riding Hood (cert. 12A), Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green delivers the comedy adventure Your Highness (cert. 15) and Walt Disney unleash their latest traditional animation, Winnie the Pooh (cert. U).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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