For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of October 5-7, 2012:

1 (new) Taken 2 (12A) *
2 (1) Looper (15) ****
3 (new) Sinister (15) ****
4 (new) The Perils of Being a Wallflower (12A) **
5 (2) ParaNorman (PG) ***
6 (4) The Campaign (15) ***
7 (9) Brave (PG) **
8 (3) Resident Evil: Retribution (15)
9 (10) Untouchable (12A) ** 
10 (7) Hope Springs (12A) ***  

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. Frankenweenie
2. BB King: The Life of Riley
3. Ruby Sparks

4. Sinister

5. Pusher

 

Top Ten DVD rentals:

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

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

3 (new) Avengers Assemble (12) **

4 (new) We Bought a Zoo (PG) **

5 (new) Safe (15) ***

6 (5) This Means War (12) * 

7 (6) Lockout (15) **

8 (7) The Descendants (15) ***

9 (3) Safe House (15)

10 (8) The Vow (12) **

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:

1. Beauty
2. Prometheus

3. 2 Days in New York

4. Electrick Children
5. Woody Allen: a Documentary

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. Gosford Park [above] (Saturday, BBC2, 10pm)

2. Rocky Balboa (Sunday, five, 9pm and Friday, five, 10pm)

3. Pale Rider (Thursday, five, 9pm)

4. Good Will Hunting (Sunday, BBC1, 10.55pm)

5. The Silence of Lorna (Friday, 12.55am)