Tarsem Singh's epic Greek sword-and-sandals fantasy Immortals manages to match its number one debut across the pond as the Henry Cavill opens in first place at the UK box office, banking £2.16m to narrowly beat competition from Aardman Animations' festive offering, Arthur Christmas. After a slow start on Friday, the CG-animated adventure enjoyed the strongest returns on both Saturday and Sunday, but its final total of £2.11m wasn't enough to take top spot. It's hardly a spectacular start for either film, but I'd not discount Arthur Christmas from enjoying a healthy stay in the upper reaches of the chart over the coming weeks and perhaps it could even go on to emulate the staying power of Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol at the back end of 2009.As a result of the two newcomers, the Steven Spielberg / Peter Jackson mo-cap collaboration The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn falls two places to third after ruling the UK chart for the past two weeks. Also on the decline is the Justin Timberlake sci-fi thriller In Time and the Eddie Murphy / Ben Stiller comedy Tower Heist, with both films also falling two places each to fourth and fifth respectively. Heading towards the bottom half of the chart and Johnny Depp's latest Hunter S. Thompson escapade The Rum Diary opens in sixth with £608,044, while Johnny English Reborn slips three places to finish up in seventh after five weeks on screens. The Help and The Ides of March both fall two places to eighth and tenth respectively, with horror sequel Paranormal Activity 3 sandwiched between them and suffering the biggest fall of the week as it slips four places to ninth.
Number one this time last year: Due Date
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immortals | £2,166,432 | 1 | £2,166,432 |
| 2 | Arthur Christmas | £2,112,516 | 1 | £2,112,516 |
| 3 | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | £1,540,539 | 3 | £12,706,352 |
| 4 | In Time | £915,584 | 2 | £3,600,963 |
| 5 | Tower Heist | £825,783 | 2 | £2,945,046 |
| 6 | The Rum Diary | £608,055 | 1 | £608,055 |
| 7 | Johnny English Reborn | £506,200 | 5 | £19,762,186 |
| 8 | The Help | £378,521 | 3 | £3,044,252 |
| 9 | Paranormal Activity 3 | £339,245 | 4 | £10,392,440 |
| 10 | The Ides of March | £284,076 | 3 | £2,226,381 |
Incoming...
Twilight fans will be descending to the multiplexes en mass this Friday as Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner return for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (cert. 12A), which should have little trouble claiming the top spot this coming weekend. Meanwhile, for non-Twilight fans, Nicolas Cage has yet another film out - the vigilante thriller Justice (cert. 15) - while the acclaimed Australian drama Snowtown (cert. TBC) also receives a UK release [check out our review and interview with director Justin Kurzel].
U.K. Box Office Archive
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