For what it's worth...

UK box office Top Ten (for the weekend of December 26-28, 2025):

1 (1) Avatar: Fire and Ash (12A) ***

2 (new) The Housemaid (15)

3 (new) The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (PG) ***

4 (2) Zootropolis 2 (PG)

5 (new) Marty Supreme (15)

6 (new) Anaconda (12A)

7 (3) Wicked: For Good (PG)

8 (4) Dhurandhar (18) **

9 (new) Sentimental Value (15) **

10 (new) Sarvam Maya (12A) ***

(source: BFI)

My top five:

1. Blue Velvet

2. Sholay: the Final Cut

3. Happy Feet

4. The Devil's Backbone [above]

5. Sarvam Maya

  

DVD/Blu-Ray/Download top ten: 

1 (2) The Polar Express (U)

2 (4) Elf (PG) **

3 (17) Dracula (15)

4 (7) Arthur Christmas (U) **

5 (1) Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (PG)

6 (11) Jurassic World: Rebirth (12) **

7 (14) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (12A) **

8 (6) Wicked: Part 1 (PG) **

9 (9) Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (15) **

10 (12) Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (U)

(source: officialcharts.com)

My top five: 
1. I Swear

2. Memoir of a Snail

3. The Long Walk

4. The Shrouds

5. The Ballad of Wallis Island

Top five films on terrestrial TV this week:

1. The Searchers (Sunday, BBC Two, 3.55pm)

2. The Fugitive (Thursday, five, 10.35pm)

3. Con Air (Sunday, five, 9.30pm)

4. Pretty Woman (Sunday, ITV1, 10.15pm)

5. Ghostbusters (Saturday, BBC One, 3.35pm)