For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of August 5-7, 2011:

1 (1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (12A) **
2 (new) Super 8 (12A) ***
3 (new) Mr. Popper's Penguins (PG) ***
4 (2) Captain America: The First Avenger (12A) *
5 (3) Cars 2 (U)
6 (4) Horrible Bosses (15) **
7 (5) Horrid Henry: The Movie (U) *
8 (7) Bridesmaids (15) ***
9 (6) Zookeeper (PG) *
10 (9) The Guard (15)

(source: UK Film Council. Note: The Guard is presently on release in Ireland only.)

My top five:
1. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. French Cancan
4. The Lavender Hill Mob
5. Project Nim


Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (new) Limitless (15) ***
2 (1) Unknown (15) **
3 (4) Black Swan (15) **
4 (2) 127 Hours (12) ****
5 (5) No Strings Attached (15)
6 (new) Hall Pass (15) **
7 (new) Never Let Me Go (12) **
8 (6) True Grit (15) ***
9 (re) The King's Speech (12) ****
10 (new) Rango (PG)

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. Meek's Cutoff
2. Submarine
3. Source Code
4. Kaboom
5. Your Highness


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. From Russia with Love [above] (Saturday, ITV1, 3.45pm)
2. The Idiots (Saturday, C4, 2.25am)
3. Farewell My Lovely (Friday, BBC2, 11.45am)
4. The Secret Garden (Sunday, five, 1.15pm)
5. Jaws (Friday, ITV1, 10.35pm)