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UK Box Office: 31 July - 3 August 2009

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UK Box Office: 31 July - 3 August 2009 UK Box Office: 31 July - 3 August 2009 :

  Weekend 31 July - 2 August 2009 UK box office                    
Rank Title Country of Origin Weekend Gross Distributor % change on last week Weeks on release Number of cinemas Site average Total Gross to date      
1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince UK/USA £2,917,786 Warner Bros -44 3 568 £5,137 £40,537,578      
2 G-Force USA £2,478,524 Disney   1 426 £5,818 £2,478,524      
3 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 USA £1,784,719 Sony Pictures   1 380 £4,697 £1,784,719      
4 The Proposal USA £1,489,268 Disney -54 2 430 £3,463 £6,886,749      
5 Ice Age III USA £1,143,211 20th Century Fox -47 5 498 £2,296 £29,154,739      
6 Land of the Lost USA £642,553 Universal   1 339 £1,895 £642,553      
7 Bruno USA £612,577 Universal -49 4 396 £1,547 £14,729,716      
8 The Hangover USA £517,895 Warner Bros -25 8 297 £1,744 £20,603,489      
9 Coco Before Chanel Fra £423,268 Optimum   1 91 £4,651 £423,268      
10 Love Aaj Kal Ind £405,673 Eros   1 52 £7,801 £405,673      
11 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen USA £218,205 Paramount -48 7 266 £820 £26,539,878      
12 Moon UK £117,851 Sony Pictures -15 3 56 £2,104 £700,394      
13 My Sister's Keeper USA £115,990 Entertainment -48 6 154 £753 £6,043,360      
14 Public Enemies USA £108,541 Universal -61 5 132 £822 £6,686,950      
15 Antichrist Den/Ger/Fra/Swe/Ita/Pol £48,700 Artificial Eye -51 2 35 £1,391 £235,923    
  Total   £13,024,761       4,120 £3,161 £157,853,513    
                       
                       
  Other UK films                    
24 Looking for Eric UK/Fra/Ita/Bel £4,388 Icon -44 8 11 £399 £1,258,054    
29 Skin UK/SA £3,269 ICA -23 2 2 £1,634 £12,786    
32 Last Chance Harvey UK/USA £3,176 Momentum 5 9 4 £794 £2,034,114    
42 Mad, Sad & Bad UK £1,154 Soda   1 2 £577 £1,154    
50 Telstar UK £519 Aspiration/Miracle -51 7 2 £260 £64,651    
57 Shadows in the Sun UK £214 Artificial Eye -28 9 1 £214 £9,966    
59 The End of the Line UK £105 Dogwoof 425 8 1 £105 £52,948    
                       
                       
  Other openers                    
31 Crossing Over USA £3,214 Entertainment   1 4 £804 £3,214    
41 Rumba Fra/Bel £1,158 Network Releasing   1 2 £579 £1,158    
                       
  Comments on this week's top 15 results                  
  Against last weekend: - 6%                    
                       
  Against last year: - 20%                    
                       
  Rolling 52 week ranking: 20th                    
                       
  UK* films in top 15: 2                    
                       
  UK* share of top 15 gross: 23%                    
                       
  The figure for The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 includes £310,673 from 353 previews; the fall-off rate without previews for The Proposal is 29%
  * Includes domestic productions and co-productions                  
                       
                       
  Openers next week - 7 August                    
  Adam USA 20th Century Fox              
  G. I. Joe USA Paramount                
  Home Switzerland/Fra/Bel Soda                
  Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus USA Metrodome                
  Mesrine: Killer Instinct Fra/Can/Ita Momentum                
  Orphan USA/Can/Ger/Fra Optimum                
  The Ugly Truth USA Sony                
  The Yes Men Fix the World Fra/USA Dogwoof