For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of June 18-20, 2010:

1 (new) Killers (12A) **
2 (1) Sex and the City 2 (15) **
3 (3) StreetDance (PG) **
4 (4) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (12A) **
5 (2) Letters to Juliet (PG) **
6 (6) Death at a Funeral (15) **
7 (new) Wild Target (12A)
8 (7) Tooth Fairy (PG)
9 (8) Robin Hood (12A) **
10 (5) Brooklyn's Finest (18) **

(source: UK Film Council; and - OK, yes, this is the most mediocre Top 10 in living memory.)

My top five:
1. Breathless [above]
2. Wild Grass
3. Raavan
4 Shed Your Tears and Walk Away
5. The Girl on the Train


Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (6) Sherlock Holmes (12) *
2 (1) Alice in Wonderland (PG) **
3 (new) Edge of Darkness (15) **
4 (new) Crazy Heart (15) ****
5 (3) Brothers (15) **
6 (2) A Single Man (12) ***
7 (9) Up in the Air (15) ****
8 (4) The Book of Eli (15) ***
9 (8) Law Abiding Citizen (18)
10 (5) A Prophet (18) ***

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. Father of My Children
2. Double Take
3. Samson & Delilah
4. Crazy Heart
5. Ponyo


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. Escape From New York (Saturday, ITV1, 11.15pm*)
2. Carry On Up the Khyber (Sunday, C4, 2.55pm)
3. Prime (Sunday, BBC1, 10.55pm*)
4. Rooster Cogburn (Saturday, five, 12.05pm)
5. Wimbledon (Sunday, ITV1, 10.20pm*)
(*Films are subject to World Cup scheduling.)