UK Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 12th Nov

New movie ‘Due Date’ has swiped the #1 spot this week right from under the nose of comedy ‘Jackass 3D,’ with its £2.3million haul clearly stripping past ‘Jackass 3D’s £1.69million ticket sales, placing it at #2.

This moves kids’ animation ‘Despicable Me’ down to the #3 spot, yet again taking another week’s strong sales with £1.17 million, which means that since its UK release it has taken over £16million from Britain alone.

Post Halloween, ‘Saw £D’ and ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ fall to the #4 and #5 spots respectively. Other new entries this week come in the form of ‘Let Me In’ which debuts at #8 and ‘Another Year’ a place behind at #9.

Full chart below:

1. (-) Due Date - £2,346,089
2. (-) Jackass 3D - £1,696,909
3. (2) Despicable Me - £1,177,507
4. (1) Saw 3D - £1,068403
5. (3) Paranormal Activity 2 - £687,747
6. (4) RED - £595,362
7. (5) The Social Network - £541,763
8. (-) Let Me In - £488,402
9. (-) Another Year - £355,626
10. (6) Burke & Hare - £333,637

US Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 9th Nov

The DreamWorks powerhouse has prevailed once again with its latest animated offering, ‘Megamind.’ Starring stars such as Brad Pitt and Will Ferrell, the superhero movie took $47.7million in ticket sales in its opening weekend.

Debuting in second place is Todd Phillip’s latest movie ‘Due Date,’ which follows Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis’ characters on a road trip of America. Completing this week’s top three is the new movie adaptation of ‘For Coloured Girls’ which also sells strongly with just over $20million.

‘Saw 3D’ falls from #1 to #5, just behind the Bruce Willis starring ‘RED’ at #4.

Further down the chart we see much of last week’s middle placing movies, with ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ at #6, ‘Jackass 3D’ at #7, ‘Hereafter’ at #8, ‘Secretariat’ at #9 and ‘The Social Network’ rounding off at #10

Full chart below:

1. (-) Megamind - $47,700,000
2. (-) Due Date - $33,500,000
3. (-) For Colored Girls - $20,100,000
4. (3) RED - $8,850,000
5. (1) Saw 3D - $8,200,000
6. (2) Paranormal Activity 2 - $7,290,000
7. (4) Jackass 3D - $5,000,000
8. (5) Hereafter - $4,020,000
9. (6) Secretariat - $4,000,000
10. (7) The Social Network - $3,600,000

US Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 4th Nov

Saw 3D, the last movie in the Saw franchise has hit the #1 spot in the American Boxoffice, cashing in just over $24million and knocking last week’s big grosser ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ down to #2 with only $16.5million.

‘RED,’ ‘Jackass 3D’ and ‘Hereafter’ all maintain their spots in the top five, whilst ‘The Social Network falls from #5 to #7.

Hilary Swank fronted movie ‘Conviction’ has rocketed up the chart this week from #25 to crack the top ten, at #10, taking $1.8million.

Full chart below:

1. (-) Saw 3D - $24,200,000
2. (1) Paranormal Activity 2 - $16,500,000
3. (3) RED - $10,800,000
4. (2) Jackass 3D - $8,425,000
5. (4) Hereafter - $6,320,000
6. (6) Secretariat - $5,071,000
7. (5) The Social Network - $4,700,000
8. (7) Life As We Know It - $4,000,000
9. (9) The Town - $1,925,000
10. (25) Conviction - $1,825,000

UK Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 3rd Nov

Horror movie ‘Saw 3D’ has ousted ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ from the top spot in the UK Boxoffice Charts this Halloween weekend, pulling in around £3.6million, nearly £2million more than it’s horror rival.

‘Despicable Me’ retains its #2 spot, whilst aging action movie ‘RED’ and facebook inspired movie ‘The Social Network’ complete the top five.

New entries that debut inside the top ten this week are ‘Burke & Hare,’ a historical comedy starring Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis at #6, and ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ which opens at #9.

Full chart below:

1. (-) Saw 3D - £3,600,083
2. (2) Despicable Me - £2,581,073
3. (1) Paranormal Activity 2 - £1,845,337
4. (3) RED - £1,184,344
5. (4) The Social Network - £1,070,411
6. (-) Burke & Hare - £942.894
7. (5) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole - £502,951
8. (6) Alpha And Omega - £458,812
9. (-) The Kids Are All Right - £411,960
10. (7) Vampires Suck - £313,911

Australian Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 29th Oct

‘Paranormal Activity 2’ has scored a hat trick by claiming the #1 spot on the Australian boxoffice chart. Taking over $2.5million, the haunting horror fends off ‘Life As We Know It,’ starring Katherine Heigl which comes in at #2 with $1.9million.

‘The Town’ manages to overtake last week’s #1 ‘Eat Pray Love,’ as they fall to #3 and #4 respectively. Following the #5 movie, ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife,’ is ‘Les Miserables,’ which celebrates its 25^th anniversary.

Towards the lower end of the chart, Swedish sensation ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ rises three positions from #13 to #10.

Full chart below:

1. (-) Paranormal Activity 2 - $2,665,028
2. (-) Life As We Know It - $1,934,444
3. (2) The Town - $1,488,628
4. (1) Eat Pray Love - $1,230,217
5. (3) Resident Evil: Afterlife - $814,209
6. (-) Les Miserables 25th Anniversary - $338,239
7. (4) Despicable Me - $301,093
8. (7) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole - $211,755
9. (5) Let Me In - $198,901
10. (13) The Girl Who Played With Fire - $181,253

US Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 29th Oct

‘Paranormal Activity 2’ has forced comedy movie ‘Jackasss 3D’ into second place this week, taking $41.5million. There have been reports by Collider that this figure makes it the highest opening on record for a supernatural horror, overtaking ‘The Grudge’ by over $1million.

Bruce Willis comic book action movie ‘RED’ takes the #3 spot with $15million, slightly more than new entry at #4, ‘Hereafter,’ directed by the legendary Clint Eastwood. ‘The Social Network’ rounds off the top five.

The full top ten is below:

1. (-) Paranormal Activity 2 - $41,500,000
2. (1) Jackass 3D - $21,600,000
3. (2) RED - $15,000,000
4. (-) Hereafter - $12,000,000
5. (3) The Social Network - $7,200,000
6. (4) Secretariat - $7,000,000
7. (5) Life As We Know It - $6,300,000
8. (6) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole - $3,100,000
9. (7) The Town - $2,700,000
10. (9) Easy A - $1,700,000

UK Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 29th Oct

Paranormal Activity has stormed to the top of the UK boxoffice with almost £4million in ticket sales, sliding children’s animated comedy ‘Despicable Me’ into the #2 position.

Fellow new entry ‘RED’ starring Bruce Willis also debuts in the top three, whilst ‘The Social Network’ slips two places to #4, followed by the third new entry in the chart this week, ‘Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole’ at #5.

Two other new entries debuting in the top ten are ‘Alpha And Omega’ at #6 and the Emma Stone starring ‘Easy A’ at #8.


Full Chart Below:


1. (-) Paranormal Activity 2 - £3,764,722
2. (1) Despicable Me - £2,589,170
3. (-) RED - £1,662,472
4. (2) The Social Network - £1,538,571
5. (-) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole - £737,444
6. (-) Alpha And Omega - £643,425
7. (3) Vampires Suck - £530,136
8. (-) Easy A - £277,975
9. (5) Life As We Know It - £263,134
10. (4) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - £258,968

UK Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 19th Oct

Animation comedy ‘Despicable Me’ has fended of stiff competition to claim the #1 spot in the UK Boxoffice charts in its first week of release, taking £3.6million in sales.

The rest of the top 3 is also taken up by new releases, with ‘The Social Network,’ which tells the story of the origins of facebook, taking £2.4million at #2, and the spoof ‘Twilight’ basd movie ‘Vampires Suck’ at #3.

Last week’s #1, ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ moves down to #4, followed by Katherine Heigl’s ‘Life As We Know It’ at #5.

Two movies from last week’s top 5 have tumbled down to the lower end of the chart, with ‘The Other Guys’ dropping from #4 to #8, whilst the Zac Effron lead ‘Death & Life Of Charlie St. Cloud’ slips 6 places to #9.

Full chart below:

1. (-) Despicable Me - £3,664,376

2. (-) The Social Network - £2,486,454

3. (-) Vampires Suck - £1,089,339

4. (1) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - £675,549

5. (2) Life As We Know It - £624,367

6. (5) The Town - £343,620

7. (7) Made In Dagenham - £343,222

8. (4) The Other Guys - £332,064

9. (3) Death & Life Of Charlie St. Cloud - £314,873

10. (8) Eat Pray Love - £153,276

US Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 17th Oct

‘Jackass 3D’ has smashed its way to the top of the US Boxoffice this week, with a huge haul of $50million in its opening weekend.

The third movie in the Jackass franchise, which reunites its original cast, has prevented comic book adaptation ‘Red,’ starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren, into 2^nd place, taking an impressive $22.5million.

These debuts have shoved previous topper ‘The Social Network’ down to #3 with $11million in ticket sales, which, whilst good, pale in comparison to its rivals. ‘Secretariat’ and ‘Life As We Know It’ complete the top 5.

Sales at the lower end of the chart remain strong, with the #10 movie, ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ still cashing in with $2.4million.

Full Boxoffice Top 10 below:

1. (-) Jackass 3D - $50,000,000

2. (-) Red - $22,500,000

3. (1) The Social Network - $11,000,000

4. (3) Secretariat - $9,700,000

5. (2) Life As We Know It - $9,500,000

6. (4) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole - $4,200,000

7. (6) The Town - $4,000,000

8. (5) My Soul To Take - $3,200,000

9. (8) Easy A - $2,700,000

10. (7) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - $2,400,000

Australian Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 11th Oct

‘Despicable Me’ has fallen from the summit of the Australian Boxoffice, after Julia Roberts’ ‘Eat Pray Love’ took close to $3.5million in a week to debut at #1. ‘Despicable Me’ takes around half of that the chart at #2, meaning that ‘Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole’ comes in at #3.

‘Dinner For Schmucks’ has managed to climb up 3 places from #7 to clinch the #4 spot, whilst Ryan Reynolds’ latest movie ‘Buried’ debuts at #7, with $664,000 in ticket sales.

‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid,’ ‘Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore,’ and ‘Easy A’ round of the rest of the top 10, with a combined box office haul of $1.8million.

Full chart below:

1. (-) Eat Pray Love - $3,473,338
2. (1) Despicable Me - $1,591,707
3. (2) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole - $954,513
4. (7) Dinner For Schmucks - $726,266
5. (4) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - $695,504
6. (3) The Last Airbender - $695,350
7. (-) Buried - $664,004
8. (5) Diary Of A Wimpy Kid - $663,827
9. (6) Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore - $651,043
10. (9) Easy A - $507,566

UK Boxoffice Chart Roundup - 13th Oct

The UK has a brand new movie at the top of the Boxoffice charts this week, as ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ takes almost £1.8 million, storming to #1. The Michael Douglas starring financial movie easily fends off a second new entry, ‘Life As We Know It’ which debuts at #2.

Zac Effron’s latest, ‘Death & Life Of Charlie St. Cloud’ has become the third new entry this week to debut in the top 3, narrowly edging last week’s topper ‘The Other Guys’ into the #4 position. ‘The Town’ rounds off this week’s top 5, after slipping 3 places.

Both ‘Eat Pray Love’ and ‘Buried’ have taken rather large tumbles down the chart since last week, and now sit at the #8 and #9 positions respectively, whilst ‘Toy Story 3’ enjoys its third month in the UK Boxoffice top 10.

Full chart below:

1. (-) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - £1,784,309
2. (-) Life As We Know It - £985,558
3. (-) Death & Life Of Charlie St. Cloud - £643,368
4. (1) The Other Guys - £637,022
5. (2) The Town - £582,953
6. (5) The Hole - £507,254
7. (6) Made In Dagenham - £507,161
8. (4) Eat Pray Love - £403,938
9. (3) Buried - £327,028
10. (8) Toy Story 3 - £261,359