For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office 

for the weekend of September 14-16, 2012:

1 (new) The Sweeney (15) **

2 (new) ParaNorman (PG) ***

3 (3) Anna Karenina (12A) ***

4 (2) Lawless (18) **

5 (1) Dredd (18) ***

6 (new) Hope Springs (12A) ***

7 (5) Brave (PG) **

8 (4) Total Recall (12) **

9 (6) The Possession (15)

10 (7) Ted (15) ***

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark [IMAX re-release, above]

2. Santa Sangre

3. The Snows of Kilimanjaro 

4. Tower Block

5. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel

 

Top Ten DVD rentals:

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

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

3 (2) Safe House (15)

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

5 (7) This Means War (12) * 

6 (8) Lockout (15) **

7 (6) The Descendants (15) ***

8 (9) The Vow (12) **

9 (5) 21 Jump Street (15) **

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

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:

1. The Raid

2. Nostalgia for the Light

3. The Turin Horse

4. Breathing

5. The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists!

 

 

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. Groundhog Day (Sunday, five, 3.05pm)

2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Sunday, five, 1.05pm)

3. Lakeview Terrace (Wednesday, five, 11pm)

4. Maverick (Saturday, five, 7.40pm)

5. A Clockwork Orange (Friday, ITV1, 2.40am)