For what it's worth...

UK box office Top Ten (for the weekend of December 8-10, 2023):

1 (new) Wonka (PG) ***

2 (3) Wish (U)

3 (2) The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (12A)

4 (1) Napoleon (15) **

5 (7) Saltburn (15)

6 (6) Animal (18)

7 (4) Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé (15)

8 (8) Elf (PG) **

9 (14) Home Alone (PG)

10 (new) The Peasants (15)

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. Godzilla Minus One

2. Fallen Leaves

3. The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady

4. The Red Shoes

5. Wonka

DVD/Blu-Ray/Download top ten: 

1 (1) Oppenheimer (15) ****

2 (35) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (12) **

3 (5) Love Actually (15) ***

4 (12) Elf (PG) **

5 (3) The Equalizer 3 (15)

6 (8) Violent Night (15)

7 (14) The Polar Express (U)

8 (23) A Haunting in Venice (12)

9 (10) Nativity! (U) *

10 (9) Barbie (12) ***

(source: officialcharts.com)

My top five: 
1. Oppenheimer

2. Passages

3. The Great Escaper

4. Past Lives

5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

 

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. The Shawshank Redemption (Tuesday, BBC1, 10.40pm)

2. Edward Scissorhands (Thursday, BBC2, 5.50pm)

3. Meet Me in St. Louis [above] (Thursday, BBC2, 1pm)

4. Do the Right Thing (Thursday, BBC2, 12.15am)

5. Bridge of Spies (Sunday, BBC2, 10pm)