For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of October 28-30, 2011:

1 (new) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (PG) **
2 (1) Paranormal Activity 3 (15)
3 (2) Johnny English Reborn (PG) **
4 (3) Contagion (12A) ***
5 (4) The Lion King 3D (U) ****
6 (new) RA-One (12A) ***
7 (new) The Help (12A) [above]
8 (new) The Ides of March (15) **
9 (5) Real Steel (12A)
10 (9) Dolphin Tale (U)

(source: UK Film Council)

My top five:
1. An American in Paris
2. Oslo, August 31st
3. Jack Goes Boating
4. Sound It Out
5. Ghost Busters


Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (1) Thor (12) **
2 (3) Source Code (12) ***
3 (2) Limitless (15) ***
4 (4) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (12) *
5 (5) Water for Elephants (12)
6 (8) Something Borrowed (12)
7 (re) Unknown (12) **
8 (9) Attack the Block (15) **
9 (re) Blitz (18) **
10 (re) Red Riding Hood (12)

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. French Cancan
2. The Princess of Montpensier
3. The Tree of Life
4. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
5. The Gleaners and I


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. Falling Down (Friday, ITV1, 10.35pm)
2. Men in Black (Saturday, five, 6.45pm)
3. Training Day (Saturday, ITV1, 10.55pm)
4. 17 Again (Sunday, C4, 5.35pm)
5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Sunday, five, 10pm)