UK Box Office: 16 - 18 January 2009
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UK Box Office: 16 - 18 January 2009
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| Weekend 16 Jan - 18 Jan 2009 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 | Slumdog Millionaire | UK | £2,630,820 | Pathé | 44 | 2 | 330 | £7,972 | £5,959,416 |
| 2 | Seven Pounds | USA | £1,565,949 | Sony Pictures | 1 | 402 | £3,895 | £1,565,949 | |
| 3 | Role Models | USA/Ger | £1,428,361 | Universal | -39 | 2 | 353 | £4,046 | £4,614,814 |
| 4 | My Bloody Valentine | USA | £1,337,613 | Lions Gate | 1 | 189 | £7,077 | £1,337,613 | |
| 5 | Bride Wars | USA | £1,315,564 | 20th Century Fox | -23 | 2 | 413 | £3,185 | £3,855,376 |
| 6 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | USA | £1,028,983 | Disney | 1 | 422 | £2,438 | £1,028,983 | |
| 7 | Defiance | USA | £805,703 | Momentum | -33 | 2 | 328 | £2,456 | £2,596,160 |
| 8 | The Wrestler | USA | £802,046 | Optimum | 1 | 277 | £2,895 | £802,277 | |
| 9 | Yes Man | USA | £591,847 | Warner Bros | -43 | 4 | 385 | £1,537 | £9,611,457 |
| 10 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | USA | £530,382 | Paramount | -32 | 7 | 458 | £1,158 | £21,861,447 |
| 11 | The Reader | USA/Ger | £524,832 | Entertainment | -9 | 3 | 250 | £2,099 | £2,645,748 |
| 12 | Twilight | USA | £499,756 | E1 Films | -35 | 5 | 363 | £1,377 | £10,100,342 |
| 13 | Bedtime Stories | USA | £496,696 | Disney | -39 | 4 | 440 | £1,129 | £7,710,542 |
| 14 | Australia | Aus/USA | £445,026 | 20th Century Fox | -45 | 4 | 327 | £1,361 | £6,984,243 |
| 15 | Sex Drive | USA | £327,262 | E1 Films | -35 | 2 | 233 | £1,405 | £1,105,710 |
| Total | £14,330,840 | 5,170 | £2,772 | £81,780,077 | |||||
| Other UK films | |||||||||
| 19 | The Tale of Despereaux | UK/USA | £54,663 | Universal | -53 | 5 | 194 | £282 | £2,336,971 |
| 20 | Inkheart | UK/USA/Ger | £47,706 | Entertainment | -57 | 6 | 155 | £308 | £3,776,494 |
| 22 | Quantum of Solace | UK/USA | £30,164 | Sony Pictures | -53 | 12 | 35 | £862 | £51,019,352 |
| 27 | Clubbed | UK | £12,683 | Route One | 1 | 30 | £423 | £12,683 | |
| 32 | A Bunch of Amateurs | UK | £7,257 | Entertainment | 43 | 5 | 14 | £518 | £281,756 |
| 33 | City of Ember | UK/USA | £5,852 | Entertainment | -17 | 15 | 73 | £80 | £1,450,158 |
| 37 | Hunger | UK/Ire | £3,732 | Pathé | 152 | 12 | 4 | £933 | £790,408 |
| 38 | Brideshead Revisited | UK | £3,371 | Disney | -73 | 16 | 12 | £281 | £1,422,207 |
| 44 | Dean Spanley | UK/NZ | £1,571 | Icon | -57 | 6 | 6 | £262 | £175,378 |
| 46 | Far North | UK/Fra | £1,425 | Soda Pictures | -64 | 4 | 5 | £285 | £52,012 |
| 51 | Easy Virtue | UK/USA | £876 | Pathé | -51 | 11 | 4 | £219 | £1,345,793 |
| 53 | The Duchess | UK/Fra | £711 | Pathé | -65 | 20 | 1 | £711 | £7,122,586 |
| 57 | Mamma Mia! | UK/USA | £485 | Universal | -20 | 28 | 4 | £121 | £69,166,087 |
| 58 | Of Time and the City | UK | £481 | BFI | 14 | 12 | 1 | £481 | £238,019 |
| Other openers | |||||||||
| 16 | Chandni Chowk to China | Ind/USA | £274,590 | Warner Bros | 1 | 61 | £4,501 | £274,590 | |
| 18 | Villu | Ind | £101,349 | Ayngaran | 1 | 13 | £7,796 | £101,349 | |
| 26 | A Christmas Tale | Fra | £13,328 | New Wave | 1 | 7 | £1,904 | £13,328 | |
| 31 | Notorious (re) | USA | £7,327 | BFI | 1 | 2 | £3,664 | £7,327 | |
| 34 | Boogie | Rom | £4,689 | Dogwoof | 1 | 1 | £4,689 | £4,689 | |
| 52 | Hansel & Gretel | S Kor | £848 | Terracotta | 1 | 1 | £848 | £848 | |
| Comments on this week's top 15 results | |||||||||
| Against last weekend: + 10% | |||||||||
| Against last year: + 38% | |||||||||
| Rolling 52 week ranking: 11th | |||||||||
| UK* films in top 15: 1 | |||||||||
| UK* share of top 15 gross: 18% | |||||||||
| * Includes domestic productions and co-productions | |||||||||
| Openers next week - 23 Jan | |||||||||
| Better Things | UK | Soda | |||||||
| Frost/Nixon | USA/UK | Universal | |||||||
| Milk | USA | Momentum | |||||||
| Rachel Getting Married | USA | Sony | |||||||
| Red Cliff | Chi | Entertainment | |||||||
| Underworld 3 | USA/NZ | Entertainment | |||||||
| Valkyrie | USA/Ger | 20th Century Fox | |||||||
