For what it's worth...

 

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office 

for the weekend of August 17-19, 2012:

1 (5) Brave (PG) **

2 (new) The Bourne Legacy (12A)

3 (1) Ted (15) ***

4 (new) The Expendables 2 (15) ***

5 (2) The Dark Knight Rises (12A) ***

6 (new) Ek Tha Tiger [above] (12A)

7 (4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (U)

8 (6) Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (U)

9 (3) Step Up 4 (PG)

10 (new) The Wedding Video (15)

 

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. The Imposter

2. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

3. The Red Desert

4. Shadow Dancer

5. The Devil's Business

 

Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (new) Safe House (15)

2 (1) 21 Jump Street (15) **

3 (10) Headhunters (15) *** 

4 (3) The Descendants (15) ***

5 (5) The Woman in Black (12) ***

6 (6) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (12) *

7 (4) The Vow (12) ** 

8 (7) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18) **

9 (new) Gone (15) ***

10 (8) Man on a Ledge (12)

 

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:

1. The Island President

2. Faust

3. Damsels in Distress

4. Even the Rain

5. Himizu

  

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. The Wizard of Oz (Bank Holiday Monday, five, 2.55pm)

2. Before Sunrise (Saturday, BBC2, 11.30pm)

3. Precious (Bank Holiday Monday, BBC2, 10.30pm)

4. The Spiral Staircase (Friday, BBC2, 12.50pm)

5. Once (Saturday, BBC2, 1.10am)