For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of December 16-18, 2011:

1 (new) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (12A) *
2 (new) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (U)
3 (2) Arthur Christmas (U) ***
4 (1) Puss in Boots (U)
5 (3) New Year's Eve (12) **
6 (4) Hugo (PG) ***
7 (5) Happy Feet Two (U)
8 (6) Breaking Dawn: Part 1 (12A) ***
9 (8) A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (18) ***
10 (7) My Week with Marilyn (15) ***

(source: UK Film Council)

My top five:
1. Meet Me in St. Louis
2. Take Shelter
3. Dreams of a Life
4. Moneyball
5. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol


Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (1) The Inbetweeners (15) **
2 (4) Super 8 (12) ***
3 (new) Horrible Bosses (15) **
4 (2) Captain America: The First Avenger (12) *
5 (3) X-Men: First Class (12) ***
6 (5) Transformers: Dark of the Moon (12)
7 (6) Bad Teacher (15) **
8 (9) Water for Elephants (12)
9 (7) Thor (12) **
10 (8) Green Lantern (12) *

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. A Separation
4. We Were Here
5. Kill List


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. The Wizard of Oz [above] (five, Boxing Day, 5.10pm)
2. King Kong (Bank Holiday Tuesday, ITV1, 10.30pm)
3. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (ITV1, Christmas Eve, 3.35pm)
4. The Godfather (Channel 4, Boxing Day, 1am)
5. The Muppet Christmas Carol (Channel 4, Christmas Eve, 12noon)