UK Box Office: 1-3 August 2008
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UK Box Office: 1-3 August 2008
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| Weekend 1 Aug - 3 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 | The Dark Knight | UK/USA | £6,737,306 | Warner Bros | -40 | 2 | 510 | £13,210 | £25,374,829 |
| 2 | Mamma Mia! | UK/USA | £3,167,377 | Universal | 12 | 4 | 519 | £6,103 | £32,109,923 |
| 3 | Wall·E | USA | £2,052,270 | Disney | 0 | 3 | 488 | £4,205 | £13,562,335 |
| 4 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | USA/Can | £887,209 | 20th Century Fox | 1 | 402 | £2,207 | £887,209 | |
| 5 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | UK/USA | £716,344 | Paramount | -23 | 2 | 382 | £1,875 | £2,884,719 |
| 6 | Kung Fu Panda | USA | £628,741 | Paramount | -4 | 5 | 464 | £1,355 | £17,061,776 |
| 7 | Space Chimps | USA | £563,543 | Entertainment | 1 | 314 | £1,795 | £563,543 | |
| 8 | The Love Guru | USA | £498,829 | Paramount | 1 | 301 | £1,657 | £498,829 | |
| 9 | Hancock | USA | £457,096 | Sony Pictures | -35 | 5 | 318 | £1,437 | £23,924,069 |
| 10 | Journey to the Centre of the Earth | USA | £163,018 | Entertainment | -17 | 4 | 108 | £1,509 | £3,094,635 |
| 11 | Man on Wire | UK/USA | £98,508 | Icon | 1 | 41 | £2,403 | £98,508 | |
| 12 | Kuselan | Ind | £97,015 | Ayngaran | 1 | 17 | £5,707 | £97,015 | |
| 13 | Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | UK/USA | £80,803 | Disney | -32 | 6 | 123 | £657 | £11,364,434 |
| 14 | Meet Dave | USA | £57,320 | 20th Century Fox | -52 | 3 | 168 | £341 | £1,497,000 |
| 15 | Wanted | USA | £53,695 | Universal | -49 | 6 | 79 | £680 | £9,586,363 |
| Total | £16,259,074 | 4,234 | £3,840 | £142,605,187 | |||||
| Other UK films | |||||||||
| 16 | Cass | UK | £44,869 | Optimum | 1 | 40 | £1,122 | £44,869 | |
| 25 | Before the Rains | Ind/UK/USA | £9,220 | Metrodome | 1 | 9 | £1,024 | £9,720 | |
| 29 | The Edge of Love | UK | £7,580 | Lions Gate | 0 | 7 | 12 | £632 | £1,191,025 |
| 39 | A Complete History of My Sexual Failures | UK | £2,364 | Optimum | 19 | 6 | 6 | £394 | £72,865 |
| 40 | Donkey Punch | UK | £2,344 | Optimum | -89 | 3 | 12 | £195 | £291,373 |
| 44 | Happy-Go-Lucky | UK | £1,635 | Momentum | -58 | 16 | 2 | £818 | £1,613,660 |
| 48 | Adulthood | UK | £1,316 | Pathé | -45 | 7 | 3 | £439 | £3,347,811 |
| Other openers | |||||||||
| 19 | Ugly Aur Pagli | Ind | £17,878 | Tip Top | 1 | 11 | £1,625 | £17,878 | |
| 23 | El Bano Del Papa | Uru/Bra/Fra | £10,791 | Soda Pictures | 1 | 5 | £2,158 | £10,791 | |
| 28 | Married Life | USA/Can | £7,790 | Verve | 1 | 8 | £974 | £7,790 | |
| 34 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (re) | Ita/Spa | £5,512 | Park Circus | 1 | 3 | £1,837 | £5,512 | |
| 43 | Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic | USA | £1,716 | Warner Music/Miracle | 1 | 2 | £858 | £1,716 | |
| Comments on this week's top 15 results | |||||||||
| Against last weekend: - 15% | |||||||||
| Against last year: + 51% | |||||||||
| Rolling 52 week ranking: 6th | |||||||||
| UK* films in top 15: 5 | |||||||||
| UK* share of top 15 gross: 66% | |||||||||
| The fall-off rate without previews for "The Dark Knight" is 22% | |||||||||
| * Includes domestic productions and co-productions | |||||||||
| Openers next week - 8 Aug | |||||||||
| Abba: The Movie | Aus/Swe | ||||||||
| Blindsight | UK | ||||||||
| CJ7 | HK | ||||||||
| Death Defying Acts | UK/Aus | ||||||||
| Elegy | USA | ||||||||
| Elite Sqaud | Bra | ||||||||
| The Fox and the Child | Fra | ||||||||
| Make it Happen | USA | ||||||||
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | USA/Ger/Can | ||||||||
