For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office 

for the weekend of August 31-September 2, 2012:

1 (new) Total Recall (12) **

2 (new) The Watch (15)

3 (1) Brave (PG) **

4 (2) Ted (15) ***

5 (new) The Possession (15)

6 (4) The Dark Knight Rises (12A) ***

7 (3) The Bourne Legacy (12A)

8 (6) The Expendables 2 (15) ***

9 (5) Keith Lemon: The Film (15)

10 (8) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (U)

 

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. The Queen of Versailles

2. Berberian Sound Studio

3. The Imposter

4. Anna Karenina

5. Love

 

Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (new) The Hunger Games (12) **

2 (1) Safe House (15)

3 (new) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12) **

4 (10) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (12) **

5 (2) 21 Jump Street (15) **

6 (3) The Descendants (15) ***

7 (new) This Means War (12) *

8 (6) Lockout (15) **

9 (7) The Vow (12) **

10 (8) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (12) *

 

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:

1. Nostalgia for the Light

2. The Turin Horse

3. Breathing

4. The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists!

5. The Island President

 

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. Honeymoon in Vegas [above] (Sunday, BBC1, 11.40pm)

2. Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead (Saturday, BBC1, 12.20am)

3. Lethal Weapon (Monday, five, 10pm)

4. The Butterfly Effect (Saturday, C4, 11.15pm)

5. Shane (Wednesday, C4, 1.40pm)