For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office     
for the weekend of January 10-12, 2013: 
                     
1 (new) 12 Years a Slave (15) [above] ****
2 (1) American Hustle (15) ****
3 (2) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (12A) **
4 (3) Frozen (PG)
5 (4) Last Vegas (12A) **
6 (new) The Railway Man (15) ***
7 (new) Delivery Man (12A)
8 (6) Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (12A) **
9 (5) Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (15) **
10 (7) Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (15) 
 
(source: Rentrak UK & Ireland)

My top five:    
1. Tim's Vermeer
2. The Night of the Hunter
3. 12 Years a Slave  
4. 1  
5. Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus and 2012
     
 
Top Ten DVD rentals: 
                     
1 (2) Oblivion (12) *   
2 (new) 2 Guns (15) **  
3 (new) The Lone Ranger (12) **   
4 (1) Now You See Me (12)  
5 (new) Grown-Ups 2 (12)  
6 (new) The Purge (15) **  
7 (new) Pain & Gain (15) ***  
8 (new) RED 2 (12)  
9 (4) Monsters University (U) **  
10 (new) Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15) ***       
 
(source: lovefilm.com)
                     
My top five:                    
1. The Epic of Everest
2. The Great Beauty  
3. Museum Hours  
4. Kelly + Victor  
5. Wadjda
 
                      
Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:                      
1. Thirst (Friday, C4, 1.35am)
2. Shifty (Sunday, BBC1, 11.55pm)
3. Panic Room (Saturday, C4, 12.20am)
4. Best in Show (Friday, ITV1, 3am)
5. Legally Blonde (Sunday, five, 7pm)