Even with Meryl Streep in the role, it seems that some sections of the British public aren't quite ready to stomach Margaret Thatcher en masse again as biopic The Iron Lady fails to usurp Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol from the top of the UK box office despite a fairly strong opening of £2.15m. The fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise holds onto the number one spot with £2.22m, while The Iron Lady has to settle for third with its haul not quite enough to prevent Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows from climing up to second in its fourth week on screens. Moving on down the chart and David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo slips two positions to fourth and family offerings Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked and Puss in Boots drop one place apiece to fifth and sixth respectively. Ice hockey comedy Goon is the only other new release to appear in the top ten, with its haul of £728,286 enough to take seventh, while The Artist climbs from thirteenth to eighth off the back of a wider release. Ensemble rom-com New Year's Eve falls three places to ninth, leaving Martin Scorsese's Hugo to take tenth, down two places from last time out.
Number one this time last year: The King's Speech
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | £2,223,200 | 2 | £13,063,492 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | £2,163,718 | 4 | £20,728,530 |
| 3 | The Iron Lady | £2,151,368 | 1 | £2,151,368 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | £1,649,100 | 2 | £7,859,144 |
| 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | £922,103 | 4 | £11,650,796 |
| 6 | Puss in Boots | £917,161 | 5 | £12,153,259 |
| 7 | Goon | £728,286 | 1 | £728,286 |
| 8 | The Artist | £629,495 | 2 | £721,049 |
| 9 | New Year's Eve | £339,685 | 5 | £7,057,716 |
| 10 | Hugo | £161,794 | 6 | £4,979,342 |
Incoming...
This coming Friday sees the UK release of Steven Spielberg's War Horse (cert 12A) [read our review here], along with the acclaimed second collaboration between Hunger director Steve McQueen and star Michael Fassbender, Shame (cert. 18), and the 3D sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour (cert. 12A).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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