For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office        
for the weekend of August 16-18, 2013: 
                                
1 (new) Kick-Ass 2 (15)
2 (new) Planes (U)
3 (new) 2 Guns (15) **
4 (3) Grown Ups 2 (12A)
5 (4) The Conjuring (15) **
6 (6) Monsters University (U) **
7 (1) Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15) ***
8 (7) The Smurfs 2 (U) **
9 (2) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) ***
10 (re) Despicable Me 2 (U) *** 

(source: Guardian.co.uk)

My top five:                                  
1. Heaven's Gate     
2. Foxfire    
3. Blackfish       
4. Lovelace  
5. The Kings of Summer
 

Top Ten DVD rentals: 
              
1 (1) Lincoln (12) ****  
2 (2) A Good Day to Die Hard (15)  
3 (7) The Place Beyond the Pines (15) **
4 (5) Zero Dark Thirty (15) ***
5 (3) Side Effects (15) ***
6 (new) Hitchcock (12) **
7 (6) Life of Pi (12) ***
8 (4) Gangster Squad (15) **
9 (8) Stolen (12) 
10 (9) Dark Skies (15)
 
(source: lovefilm.com)
       
My top five:                                  
1. A Hijacking
2. Blackfish
3. Something in the Air
4. The Gatekeepers    
5. Blancanieves    
   
 
Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:                             
1. In Which We Serve [above] (Friday, BBC2, 1.45pm)
2. Erin Brockovich (Sunday, five, 10pm)
3. Stand By Me (Sunday, five, 3.55pm)
4. Ben-Hur (Monday, C4, 11.05am)
5. Syriana (Thursday, ITV1, 10.35pm)