For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office
for the weekend of November 16-18, 2012:

1 (new) Breaking Dawn: Part 2 (12A) **
2 (1) Skyfall (12A) ****
3 (2) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (PG) ***
4 (new) Jab Tak Hai Jaan (12A) [above]
5 (3) Argo (15) ***
6 (new) The Master (15) ****
7 (6) Hotel Transylvania (PG) ** 
8 (new) Son of Sardaar (12A) ***
9 (5) Taken 2 (12A) *
10 (new) Thuppakki (15)

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. Lawrence of Arabia

2. The House I Live In

3. Silver Linings Playbook

4. Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet

5. End of Watch

 

Top Ten DVD rentals:

1 (4) What to Expect When You're Expecting (12) **

2 (2) The Dictator (15)

3 (3) Snow White and the Huntsman (12) **

4 (1) Avengers Assemble (12) ** 

5 (7) The Five-Year Engagement (15) **

6 (6) The Lucky One (12)

7 (8) Contraband (15) ***

8 (5) The Cabin in the Woods (15) *** 

9 (10) Man on a Ledge (12) ***

10 (new) A Fantastic Fear of Everything (15) *

(source: blockbuster.co.uk)

My top five:

1. Lawrence of Arabia

2. Margin Call

3. Santa Sangre
4. First
5. Ted

  

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. Dirty Harry (Sunday, five, 9pm)
2. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Wednesday, ITV1, 10.35pm)
3. The English Patient (Monday, BBC1, 11.20pm)
4. The Counterfeiters (Friday, BBC2, 12.55am)
5. Dawn of the Dead (Saturday, BBC2, 12.30am)