For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of July 29-31, 2011:

1 (1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (12A) **
2 (new) Captain America: The First Avenger (12A) *
3 (2) Cars 2 (U)
4 (3) Horrible Bosses (15) **
5 (new) Horrid Henry: The Movie (U) *
6 (new) Zookeeper (PG) *
7 (4) Bridesmaids (15) ***
8 (5) Transformers: Dark of the Moon (12A)
9 (7) The Guard (15)
10 (8) Beginners (15) **

(source: UK Film Council. Note: The Guard is presently on release in Ireland only.)

My top five:
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. French Cancan
3. The Lavender Hill Mob
4. The Referees
5. Mr. Popper's Penguins


Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (new) Unknown (15) **
2 (1) 127 Hours (12) ****
3 (2) Just Go With It (12) *
4 (4) Black Swan (15) **
5 (3) No Strings Attached (15)
6 (6) True Grit (15) ***
7 (5) The Fighter (15) ****
8 (new) Animal Kingdom (18) ****
9 (7) I Am Number Four (12)
10 (8) Love and Other Drugs (15) **

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:
1. Meek's Cutoff
2. Submarine
3. Kaboom
4. Your Highness
5. Limitless


Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [above] (Thursday, BBC1, 11.25pm)
2. Deliverance (Wednesday, ITV1, 2.45am)
3. The Lives of Others (Sunday, BBC2, 11.30pm)
4. Con Air (Saturday, BBC1, 10.10pm)
5. Charley Varrick (Friday, ITV1, 2.35am)