For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of November 12-14, 2010:

1 (1) Due Date (15)
2 (new) Skyline (15) ***
3 (3) Despicable Me (U)
4 (2) Jackass 3D (18) **
5 (4) Saw 3D (18)
6 (6) RED (12A)
7 (7) The Social Network (12A) ****
8 (5) Paranormal Activity 2 (15)
9 (13) Alpha and Omega (U)
10 (9) Another Year (12A) ****

(source: UK Film Council)

My top five:
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2. Chico & Rita
3. A Day in the Life - Four Portraits of Post-War Britain
4. Another Year
5. Peeping Tom [above]


Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (1) Iron Man 2 (12) ***
2 (8) Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG) **
3 (7) Heartbreaker (PG) **
4 (new) The Karate Kid (PG) ***
5 (2) The Blind Side (12) **
6 (6) The Ghost (15) **
7 (3) Killers (12) **
8 (5) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (12) **
9 (new) How to Train Your Dragon (PG) ****
10 (4) Brooklyn's Finest (18) **

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. A Town Called Panic
2. Toy Story 3
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. Wild Grass
5. Collapse


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. Speed (Sunday, five, 9pm)
2. The Lonely Guy (Sunday, BBC1, 11.55pm)
3. JFK (Sunday, BBC2, 11.30pm)
4. The African Queen (Friday, C4, 1.25pm)
5. Into the Wild (Saturday, C4, 11.15pm)

(With - for obvious reasons - a big hand for Irina Palm (Friday, BBC2, 11.50pm) as it makes its terrestrial debut.)