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UK Box Office: 7 - 10 August 2009

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UK Box Office: 7 - 9 August 2009 UK Box Office: 7 - 9 August 2009 :

  Weekend 7 August - 9 August 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 The Ugly Truth USA £1,976,043 Sony Pictures   1 400 £4,940 £1,976,043      
2 G. I. Joe USA £1,708,760 Paramount   1 442 £3,866 £1,708,760      
3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince UK/USA £1,349,113 Warner Bros -54 4 535 £2,522 £44,376,816      
4 G-Force USA £1,223,891 Disney -51 2 426 £2,873 £6,271,330      
5 The Proposal USA £755,242 Disney -49 3 441 £1,713 £9,056,654      
6 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 USA £661,334 Sony Pictures -63 2 381 £1,736 £3,452,172      
7 Ice Age III USA £612,570 20th Century Fox -46 6 480 £1,276 £31,024,152      
8 Orphan USA/Can/Ger/Fra £570,146 Optimum   1 285 £2,001 £570,146      
9 The Hangover USA £279,531 Warner Bros -46 9 239 £1,170 £21,260,366      
10 Coco Before Chanel Fra £249,732 Optimum -41 2 98 £2,548 £1,057,612      
11 Bruno USA £203,853 Universal -67 5 272 £749 £15,369,471      
12 Land of the Lost USA £186,567 Universal -71 2 338 £552 £1,409,998      
13 Love Aaj Kal Ind £161,493 Eros -60 2 51 £3,167 £783,094      
14 Mesrine: Killer Instinct Fra/Can/Ita £135,999 Momentum   1 55 £2,473 £135,999      
15 Moon UK £77,075 Sony Pictures -35 4 55 £1,401 £880,770    
  Total   £10,151,349       4,498 £2,257 £139,333,383    
                       
                       
  Other UK films                    
30 Looking for Eric UK/Fra/Ita/Bel £2,548 Icon -42 9 7 £364 £1,279,398    
33 Last Chance Harvey UK/USA £2,413 Momentum -24 10 5 £483 £2,047,932    
37 Skin UK/SA £2,097 ICA -36 3 2 £1,048 £18,036    
46 Mad, Sad & Bad UK £544 Soda -53 2 3 £181 £2,702    
50 The Young Victoria UK/USA £331 Momentum 1,555 23 1 £331 £4,955,281    
52 The End of the Line UK £306 Dogwoof 191 9 2 £153 £53,552    
59 Shifty UK £145 Metrodome   16 1 £145 £147,107    
60 In the Loop UK £104 Optimum 420 17 1 £104 £2,144,826    
62 The Meerkats UK £95 Momentum   1 2 £48 £95    
                       
                       
  Other openers                    
20 Adam USA £23,201 20th Century Fox   1 26 £892 £23,201    
24 Home Switzerland/Fra/Bel £7,252 Soda   1 7 £1,036 £7,252    
36 The Yes Men Fix the World Fra/USA £2,248 Dogwoof   1 1 £2,248 £2,248    
42 Beautiful Losers USA £1,091 Revolver   1 1 £1,091 £1,091    
48 Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus USA £433 Metrodome   1 1 £433 £433    
                       
  Comments on this week's top 15 results                  
  Against last weekend: - 22%                    
                       
  Against last year: - 37%                    
                       
  Rolling 52 week ranking: 32nd                    
                       
  UK* films in top 15: 2                    
                       
  UK* share of top 15 gross: 14%                    
                       
  The figure for The Ugly Truth includes £727,238 from 371 prevoews; the figure for G.I.Joe includes £281,666 from 376 previews
  * Includes domestic productions and co-productions                  
                       
                       
  Openers next week - 14 August                    
  Aliens in the Attic USA/Can 20th Century Fox              
  Alladin Ind Eros                
  Bandslam USA E1 Films                
  Imagine That USA Paramount                
  Kaminey Ind UTV                
  Kanthaswamy Ind Ayngaran                
  Life Partner Ind Studio 18                
 Mid-August Lunch Ita Artificial Eye     
 A Perfect Getaway USA Momentum          
 Sin Nombre Mex/USA Revolver          
 The Time Traveler's Wife USA Entertainment          
 Young Girls of Rochefort Fra BFI