For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of December 30, 2011-January 1, 2012:

1 (new) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (12A) ***
2 (new) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18) **
3 (2) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (12A) *
4 (3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (U)
5 (4) Puss in Boots (U)
6 (5) New Year's Eve (12A) **
7 (1) Arthur Christmas (U) ***
8 (7) Hugo (PG) ***
9 (8) Happy Feet Two (U)
10 (6) Don 2 (12A) ***

(source: UK Film Council)

My top five:
1. Meet Me in St. Louis
2. The Artist
3. Zelig
4. Dreams of a Life
5. Hannah and Her Sisters


Top Ten DVD rentals:

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

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. The Troll Hunter
2. Cell 211
3. In a Better World
4. Project Nim
5. Arrietty


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. L.A. Confidential [above] (Saturday, C4, 11.50pm)
2. Reservoir Dogs (Sunday, five, 11pm)
3. Duel in the Sun (Saturday, BBC2, 1.40pm)
4. From Here to Eternity (Saturday, five, 3.10pm)
5. Die Hard with a Vengeance (Saturday, BBC1, 10.20pm)