The final installment in the Harry Potter series continues to dominate at the UK box office, as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 pulls in a second-weekend haul of £8.5m (the biggest of the year by far) and now finds itself just short of The King's Speech as the highest-earner of 2011 after just ten days on screens. The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is also leading all of its predecessors at the same stage after strong mid-week returns, and that should continue now that the school holidays are underway. It probably wasn't the wisest of moves by Pixar to go head-to-head with Harry Potter for their latest release Cars 2, which splutters out of the starting grid with £3.5m, although it does manage to overtake the opening weekend laid down by the original back in 2006. Again, Cars 2 should benefit from the school holidays and could yet achieve a reasonable haul on these shores. Meanwhile, two other new releases arrive this week as comedy Horrible Bosses takes third with a decent £2m and the Ewan McGregor / Christopher Plummer dramedy Beginners banks £146k from a limited run to settle for ninth.
Turning to the familiar faces and Bridesmaids falls one place to fourth but continues to pull in the punters, pushing its total gross to £18.3m after five consecutive seven-figure weekends. Transformers: Dark of the Moon drops three places to fifth with £931k, while Kung Fu Panda 2, Irish-only release The Guard and Bollywood drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara each slip two places to sixth, seventh and ninth respectively. Finally, at the foot of the chart is The Tree of Life, with the Palme d'Or winner slipping four places in its third weekend.
Number one this time last year: Toy Story 3
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | £8,523,417 | 2 | £44,271,997 |
| 2 | Cars 2 | £3,541,664 | 1 | £3,541,664 |
| 3 | Horrible Bosses | £2,077,239 | 1 | £2,077,239 |
| 4 | Bridesmaids | £1,022,982 | 5 | £18,356,960 |
| 5 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | £931,334 | 4 | £26,072,873 |
| 6 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | £242,775 | 7 | £15,773,830 |
| 7 | The Guard | £220,498 | 3 | £1,769,579 |
| 8 | Beginners | £146,096 | 1 | £146,096 |
| 9 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | £138,926 | 2 | £566,298 |
| 10 | The Tree of Life | £114,521 | 3 | £1,222,747 |
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Joe Johnston and Marvel Studios deliver the final superhero effort of the year with the release of Captain America: The First Avenger (cert. 12A). Meanwhile, looking to capitalise on the school holidays are family comedies Horrid Henry: The Movie (cert. PG) and Zookeeper (cert. PG), along with the latest animation from Studio Ghibli – Arrietty (cert. U), and if it’s something a bit more weighty you’re after there’s also the drama A Better Life (cert. 12A) from The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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