UK Box Office: 3-5 October 2008
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UK Box Office: 3-5 October 2008
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| Weekend 3 Oct - 5 Oct 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 | How to Lose Friends and Alienate People | UK | £1,154,607 | Paramount | 1 | 451 | £2,560 | £1,154,607 | |
| 2 | Taken | Fra | £1,096,324 | 20th Century Fox | -6 | 2 | 398 | £2,755 | £3,104,042 |
| 3 | Tropic Thunder | USA/Ger | £987,191 | Paramount | -27 | 3 | 433 | £2,280 | £6,765,139 |
| 4 | Mamma Mia! | UK/USA | £771,647 | Universal | 27 | 13 | 403 | £1,915 | £64,147,403 |
| 5 | Death Race | USA | £448,059 | Universal | -34 | 2 | 360 | £1,245 | £1,542,384 |
| 6 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | UK/USA | £436,194 | Disney | 8 | 4 | 175 | £2,493 | £2,791,967 |
| 7 | Righteous Kill | USA | £422,654 | Lions Gate | -45 | 2 | 310 | £1,363 | £1,580,494 |
| 8 | Brideshead Revisited | UK | £375,270 | Disney | 1 | 256 | £1,466 | £375,270 | |
| 9 | Fly Me to the Moon 3-D | Bel/USA | £311,791 | Momentum | 1 | 73 | £4,271 | £311,791 | |
| 10 | The Women | USA | £265,859 | Entertainment | -34 | 4 | 263 | £1,011 | £3,704,806 |
| 11 | Disaster Movie | USA | £247,563 | Momentum | -8 | 5 | 290 | £854 | £2,952,798 |
| 12 | Kidnap | Ind/Chi | £243,309 | Studio 18 | 1 | 51 | £4,771 | £243,309 | |
| 13 | The Duchess | UK/Fra | £234,391 | Pathé | -33 | 5 | 256 | £916 | £6,360,913 |
| 14 | Pineapple Express | USA | £183,282 | Sony Pictures | -39 | 4 | 209 | £877 | £3,611,471 |
| 15 | I've Loved You So Long | Fra | £149,037 | Lions Gate | 27 | 2 | 30 | £4,968 | £372,684 |
| Total | £7,327,178 | 3,958 | £1,851 | £99,019,078 | |||||
| Other UK films | |||||||||
| 18 | Rocknrolla | UK/USA | £104,880 | Warner Bros | -48 | 5 | 134 | £783 | £5,001,005 |
| 21 | The Dark Knight | UK/USA | £62,688 | Warner Bros | -29 | 11 | 62 | £1,011 | £48,342,887 |
| 24 | Wild Child | UK/USA | £50,373 | Universal | -2 | 8 | 154 | £327 | £5,085,288 |
| 31 | Hellboy 2: The Golden Army | UK/USA/Ger | £14,648 | Universal | -47 | 7 | 50 | £293 | £7,470,184 |
| 35 | Unrelated | UK | £10,624 | New Wave | -8 | 3 | 6 | £1,771 | £57,885 |
| 43 | Somers Town | UK | £5,343 | Optimum | -11 | 7 | 10 | £534 | £542,955 |
| 45 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | UK/USA | £4,724 | Paramount | 15 | 11 | 20 | £236 | £5,437,688 |
| 46 | Man On Wire | UK/USA | £4,283 | Icon | -36 | 10 | 12 | £357 | £834,800 |
| 51 | Eden Lake | UK | £3,650 | Optimum | -73 | 4 | 16 | £228 | £481,710 |
| 53 | A Matter of Life and Death (re) | UK | £3,082 | BFI | -32 | 2 | 2 | £1,541 | £9,832 |
| 58 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | UK | £1,486 | Momentum | -51 | 8 | 6 | £248 | £423,989 |
| Other openers | |||||||||
| 16 | Drona | Ind | £117,837 | Eros | 1 | 56 | £2,104 | £117,837 | |
| 20 | 88 Minutes | USA/Ger/Can | £92,761 | Warner Bros | 1 | 150 | £618 | £92,761 | |
| 29 | The Fall | Ind/UK/USA | £22,849 | Momentum | 1 | 8 | £2,856 | £22,849 | |
| 39 | Import/Export | Aut | £7,904 | Trinity | 1 | 7 | £1,129 | £7,904 | |
| 41 | Saviours | Ire | £5,712 | Eclipse | 1 | 5 | £1,142 | £5,712 | |
| 47 | Durai | Ind | £4,214 | Ayngaran | 1 | 2 | £2,107 | £4,214 | |
| 52 | Good Dick | USA | £3,176 | The Works | 1 | 4 | £794 | £3,176 | |
| Comments on this week's top 15 results | |||||||||
| Against last weekend: + 6% | |||||||||
| Against last year: + 15% | |||||||||
| Rolling 52 week ranking: 44th | |||||||||
| UK* films in top 15: 5 | |||||||||
| UK* share of top 15 gross: 41% | |||||||||
| * Includes domestic productions and co-productions | |||||||||
| Openers next week - 10 Oct | |||||||||
| Bigga than Ben | UK | ||||||||
| City of Ember | UK/USA | ||||||||
| Gomorrah | Ita | ||||||||
| Gunnin' for that #1 Spot | USA | ||||||||
| The House Bunny | USA | ||||||||
| Igor | USA/Fra | ||||||||
| Mirrors | USA/Rom | ||||||||
| The Mutant Chronicles | UK/USA | ||||||||
| Nights in Rodanthe | USA/Aus | ||||||||
| Stone of Destiny | UK/Can | ||||||||
| Tuesday | UK | ||||||||
| Vaaranam Aayiram | Ind | ||||||||
