For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of January 6-8, 2012:

1 (1) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (12A) ***
2 (3) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (12A) *
3 (new) The Iron Lady (12A)
4 (2) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18) **
5 (4) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (U)
6 (5) Puss in Boots (U)
7 (new) Goon (15)
8 (13) The Artist (PG) ****
9 (6) New Year's Eve (12A) **
10 (8) Hugo (PG) ***

(source: UK Film Council)

My top five:
1. Meet Me in St. Louis
2. Tatsumi
3. Margin Call
4. The Artist
5. Zelig


Top Ten DVD rentals:

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

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. The Troll Hunter
2. Tabloid
3. The Guard
4. Cell 211
5. In a Better World


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. Bad Day at Black Rock [above] (Friday, C4, 1.35pm)
2. Jaws (Friday, ITV1, 10.35pm)
3. Bloody Sunday (Sunday, ITV1, 10.45pm)
4. Hellboy (Sunday, five, 6.40pm)
5. Ride the High Country (Tuesday, C4, 1.20pm)