For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office

for the weekend of May 18-20, 2012:

1 (new) The Dictator (15)

2 (1) Marvel Avengers Assemble (12A) **

3 (3) Dark Shadows (12A) *** 

4 (2) American Pie: Reunion (15) **

5 (new) The Raid (18) ****

6 (5) Beauty and the Beast 3D (U)

7 (4) The Lucky One (12A)

8 (7) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12A) **

9 (11) The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists! (U) ****

10 (6) Safe (15) ***

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

2. Personal Best

3. 2 Days in New York

4. She-Monkeys

5. The Raid

Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (2) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (12) ***

2 (1) War Horse (12) ** 

3 (new) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18) **

4 (new) Underworld: Awakening (18)

5 (new) The Grey (15)

6 (7) Contagion (12) ***

7 (4) In Time (12) ***

8 (3) The Help (12) ***

9 (5) Crazy, Stupid, Love. (12) ***

10 (new) Shame (18) ***

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:

1. Chronicle

2. Hadewijch

3. The Artist

4. Carancho

5. House of Tolerance

  

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

 1. The Edukators [above] (Saturday, C4, 2am)

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Saturday, C4, 6.30pm)

3. Unforgiven (Wednesday, ITV1, 10.35pm)

4. Little Fish (Wednesday, C4, 2.35am)

5. Empire Records (Monday, C4, 1.55am)