For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office   

for the weekend of December 9-11, 2016:
   

1 (1) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (12A) ***

2 (2) Moana (PG) ****
3 (3) Sully: Miracle on the Hudson (12A)
4 (new) Office Christmas Party (15)
5 (4) Allied (15)
6 (6) Arrival (12A) ***
7 (7) Trolls (U)
8 (new) Snowden (15)
9 (8) Bad Santa 2 (15) **
10 (new) Befikre (12A)    

(source: theguardian.com)

My top five:   

1. The Nightmare Before Christmas

2. Blue Velvet

3. The Young Offenders [Northern Ireland only]
4. Moana

5. Half Way

Top Ten DVD rentals:  

1 (1) Finding Dory (PG) ***

2 (2) The BFG (PG)

3 (new) David Brent: Life on the Road (15)
4 (3) The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (12) ***
5 (new) Ghostbusters (12)
6 (new) Swallows and Amazons (PG)
7 (5) Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12) **
8 (9) Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance (15)
9 (4) Me Before You (12) **
10 (new) The Legend of Tarzan (12)

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:  

1. Napoleon  

2. Things to Come  
3. Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
4. Lights Out
5. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

 

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:   
1. Miracle on 34th Street [above] (Friday, C4, 12.10pm)
2. And Now for Something Completely Different (Friday, BBC2, 12.05am)
3. The Guest (Saturday, C4, 12.15am)
4. How to Train Your Dragon (Thursday, BBC1, 3.40pm)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Saturday, ITV1, 4.15pm)