For what it's worth...

Top Ten Films at the UK Box Office   

for the weekend of January 1-8, 2016:
   

1 (new) Assassin's Creed (15)
2 (1) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12A) **
3 (new) Silence (15) ****
4 (3) Passengers (12A) **
5 (5) Moana (PG) ****
6 (6) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (12A) ***
7 (new) A Monster Calls (12A) **   
8 (2) Why Him? (15)
9 (4) Monster Trucks (PG) **
10 (8) Ballerina (U) ***

(source: theguardian.com)

My top five:   

1. Trainspotting [above]

2. Manchester by the Sea
3. The Young Offenders
4. Endless Poetry
5. Silence

 

Top Ten DVD rentals:  

1 (1) Bad Moms (15) **
2 (new) The Secret Life of Pets (U)
3 (2) Finding Dory (PG) ***
4 (5) Mechanic: Resurrection (15) **
5 (3) The BFG (PG) ***
6 (4) Ghostbusters (12)
7 (new) Hell or High Water (15) ****
8 (7) David Brent: Life on the Road (15)
9 (6) Me Before You (12) ** 
10 (new) Central Intelligence (12)

(source: lovefilm.com)

My top five:  

1. Kubo and the Two Strings
2. Anthropoid
3. Julieta
4. Hell or High Water
5. Ethel & Ernest

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:   

1. On the Waterfront (Saturday, BBC2, 10.40pm)
2. Immortals (Saturday, C4, 11.30pm)
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Saturday, ITV1, 10.45pm)
4. Basic Instinct (Friday, C4, 12.05am)
5. You've Got Mail (Sunday, five, 4.45pm)