Tuesday 13 April 2010

For what it's worth...


Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of April 2-4, 2010:

1 (new) Clash of the Titans (12A) ** [and I think we all must ask: HOW?]
2 (new) How to Train Your Dragon (PG) ****
3 (new) Kick-Ass (15) *
4 (1) Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang (U) ***
5 (2) Alice in Wonderland (PG) **
6 (3) The Blind Side (12A) **
7 (new) Remember Me (12A) **
8 (4) Shutter Island (15) ***
9 (5) The Bounty Hunter (12A) *
10 (7) The Spy Next Door (PG) **

(source: UK Film Council)

My top five:
1. Psycho
2. Cemetery Junction
3. Double Take
4. Samson and Delilah
5. How to Train Your Dragon

Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (1) The Hurt Locker (15) ***
2 (8) Paranormal Activity (15) **
3 (5) Harry Brown (18) **
4 (new) 2012 (12) ***
5 (3) New Moon (12) ***
6 (2) Up (U) ***
7 (new) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12) ***
8 (7) An Education (12) ***
9 (10) The Time Traveler's Wife (12) **
10 (4) Zombieland (15) ***

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. Tulpan
2. Humpday
3. Examined Life
4. My Father My Lord
5. OSS 117: Lost in Rio


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. Aguirre, Wrath of God (Saturday, BBC2, 2.20am)
2. Solaris (Saturday, C4, 1.05am)
3. A Mighty Wind (Sunday, ITV1, 11.15pm)
4. The Aviator (Saturday, BBC2, 5.20pm)
5. X2 (Saturday, ITV1, 10.30pm)

4 comments:

  1. So are you as delighted as me that Kick-Ass only came in third?

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  2. Of course (especially given the marketing spend on that movie) - although as emotions sparked by a Top 10 list go, delight took second place to my bafflement at the popularity of "Titans"...

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  3. ...maybe it's all those Luke Treadaway fans beating a path to the multiplex.

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  4. Well, spare them a thought -- they haven't had much since Dogging: A Love Story...

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