UK Box Office: 29-31 August 2008
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UK Box Office: 29-31 August 2008
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| Weekend 29 Aug - 31 Aug 2008 UK box office | |||||||||
| Rank | Title | Country of Origin | Weekend Gross | Distributor | % change on last week | Weeks on release | Number of cinemas | Site average | Total Gross to date |
| 1 | Step Brothers | USA | £1,681,492 | Sony Pictures | 1 | 362 | £4,645 | £1,681,492 | |
| 2 | Mamma Mia! | UK/USA | £1,548,894 | Universal | -16 | 8 | 505 | £3,067 | £54,541,447 |
| 3 | The Strangers | USA | £1,250,624 | Universal | 1 | 280 | £4,467 | £1,250,624 | |
| 4 | Hellboy 2: The Golden Army | USA/Ger/UK | £1,025,449 | Universal | -66 | 2 | 462 | £2,220 | £5,646,381 |
| 5 | The Dark Knight | UK/USA | £908,618 | Warner Bros | -38 | 6 | 396 | £2,294 | £45,787,563 |
| 6 | Get Smart | USA | £710,174 | Warner Bros | -54 | 2 | 442 | £1,607 | £3,493,606 |
| 7 | Babylon A.D. | USA/Fra | £536,968 | 20th Century Fox | 1 | 311 | £1,727 | £536,968 | |
| 8 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | USA | £420,761 | Sony Pictures | -46 | 3 | 350 | £1,202 | £4,769,239 |
| 9 | Wild Child | UK/USA | £389,247 | Universal | -34 | 3 | 338 | £1,152 | £4,197,566 |
| 10 | Wall·E | USA | £360,110 | Disney | -22 | 7 | 417 | £864 | £21,483,558 |
| 11 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | USA/Ger/Can | £324,195 | Universal | -50 | 4 | 327 | £991 | £10,973,278 |
| 12 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | USA | £206,771 | Warner Bros | -41 | 3 | 387 | £534 | £2,518,826 |
| 13 | Space Chimps | USA | £109,574 | Entertainment | -19 | 5 | 210 | £522 | £3,148,739 |
| 14 | Kung Fu Panda | USA | £97,027 | Paramount | -25 | 9 | 211 | £460 | £19,634,723 |
| 15 | The Wackness | USA | £80,581 | Revolver | 1 | 94 | £857 | £80,581 | |
| Total | £9,650,485 | 5,092 | £1,895 | £179,744,591 | |||||
| Other UK films | |||||||||
| 16 | Somers Town | UK | £76,099 | Optimum | -37 | 2 | 61 | £1,248 | £326,938 |
| 19 | Man On Wire | UK/USA | £32,403 | Icon | -23 | 5 | 27 | £1,200 | £644,723 |
| 20 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | UK/USA | £29,237 | Paramount | -44 | 6 | 78 | £375 | £5,361,417 |
| 21 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | UK | £26,099 | Momentum | -39 | 3 | 48 | £544 | £306,992 |
| 23 | Shoot on Sight | UK/USA | £20,685 | Tip Top | -66 | 2 | 31 | £667 | £135,889 |
| 31 | Angel | UK/Fra/Bel | £10,439 | Lions Gate | 1 | 5 | £2,088 | £10,439 | |
| 33 | Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | UK/USA | £5,995 | Disney | -20 | 10 | 14 | £428 | £11,603,539 |
| 36 | The Edge of Love | UK | £5,060 | Lions Gate | 6 | 11 | 6 | £843 | £1,432,179 |
| 48 | Before the Rains | Ind/UK/USA | £2,260 | Metrodome | -34 | 6 | 7 | £323 | £66,644 |
| 54 | Death Defying Acts | UK/Aus | £1,502 | Lions Gate | 292 | 4 | 3 | £501 | £13,422 |
| 60 | Cass | UK | £809 | Optimum | -71 | 5 | 6 | £135 | £132,897 |
| Other openers | |||||||||
| 22 | Dhaam Dhoom | Ind | £21,634 | Ayngaran | 1 | 4 | £5,408 | £21,634 | |
| 24 | Rock On | Ind | £20,430 | Adlabs | 1 | 22 | £929 | £20,430 | |
| 29 | Chamku | Ind | £13,534 | Tip Top | 1 | 18 | £752 | £13,534 | |
| 30 | Times and Winds | Tur | £13,044 | Artificial Eye | 1 | 4 | £3,261 | £13,044 | |
| 32 | Badlands (re) | USA | £8,412 | BFI | 1 | 2 | £4,206 | £8,412 | |
| 46 | Sakuran | Jap | £2,798 | ICA Projects | 1 | 1 | £2,798 | £2,798 | |
| 50 | Ben X | Bel/Neth | £2,040 | Momentum | 1 | 7 | £291 | £2,040 | |
| Comments on this week's top 15 results | |||||||||
| Against last weekend: - 15% | |||||||||
| Against last year: + 13% | |||||||||
| Rolling 52 week ranking: 28th | |||||||||
| UK* films in top 15: 3 | |||||||||
| UK* share of top 15 gross: 29% | |||||||||
| The fall-off rate without previews for "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" is 45%; The fall-off rate without previews for "Get Smart" is 38% | |||||||||
| * Includes domestic productions and co-productions | |||||||||
| Openers next week - 5 Sep | |||||||||
| Bangkok Dangerous | USA | ||||||||
| Disaster Movie | USA | ||||||||
| The Duchess | UK | ||||||||
| El Cantante | USA | ||||||||
| Hijack | Ind | ||||||||
| Mera Pind | Ind | ||||||||
| Never Apologize | UK | ||||||||
| Rocknrolla | UK/USA | ||||||||
