Dutchman's Blog

The Devil Inside has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The found-footage horror movie netted £1.9 million in ticket sales to hold off competition from new comedy release 21 Jump Street to secure the number one spot.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel falls a place to number three, while last week’s chart-topper John Carter sees a 51% dip in ticket sales to land at number four.

New release We Bought a Zoo rounds out the top five, while Mark Wahlberg’s latest thriller Contraband bows at number six.

Daniel Radcliffe’s The Woman in Black slips four places to seven, with a £544,636 haul on its sixth weekend on release. The Hammer production has now grossed an impressive £20 million from its UK theatrical run.

Elsewhere, This Means War is at number eight, ahead of The Muppets and Safe House.

The UK box office top ten figures in full:
1. (-) The Devil Inside – £1,988,461
2. (-) 21 Jump Street – £1,556,039
3. (2) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £1,530,112
4. (1) John Carter – £965,946
5. (-) We Bought a Zoo – £850,651
6. (-) Contraband – £683,654
7. (3) The Woman in Black – £544,636
8. (4) This Means War – £431,648
9. (6) The Muppets – £395,549
10. (5) Safe House – £268,288

Source: Rentrak

John Carter has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The Disney blockbuster, which stars Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins, pulls in £1.9 million to send last week’s chart-topper The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel into second spot.

Daniel Radcliffe’s The Woman In Black falls to number three with £1.13 million, while This Means War and Safe House complete the top five.

The Muppets and comedy Project X both slip a slot from last week to occupy numbers six and seven respectively.

New release The Raven enters at number eight with £299,254 ahead of Robert Pattinson’s Bel Ami. The Twilight star’s latest film earns £296,341 from its 261 locations as it bows in ninth place.

The Artist, in its 11th week on release, charts at number 11 with £211,427.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) John Carter – £1,960,414
2. (1) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £1,787,352
3. (2) The Woman in Black – £1,131,402
4. (3) This Means War – £1,017,075
5. (4) Safe House – £774,745
6. (5) The Muppets – £667,231
7. (6) Project X – £412,883
8. (-) The Raven – £299,254
9. (-) Bel Ami – £296,341
10. (8) The Artist – £211,427

Source: Rentrak

The Hunger Games has seen its age classification drop from a 15 to a 12A in the UK.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has revealed that in order to reach the new rating, seven seconds of footage has either been cut or replaced.

Lions Gate UK Ltd edited a particular scene by removing images of “blood splashes”.

“The company chose to make cuts in order to achieve a ’12A’ classification,” the report states. “A number of cuts were made in one scene to reduce an emphasis on blood and injury.

“These cuts, which were implemented by digitally removing sight of blood splashes and sight of blood on wounds and weapons, were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut ’15’ classification was available.

“These cuts were made in addition to reductions already made following an earlier ‘advice’ viewing of an incomplete version.”

(more…)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has topped the UK box office, ending The Woman in Black‘s three-week reign in the number one spot.

Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are among the all-star Brit cast for the comedy, which leaps above Daniel Radcliffe’s supernatural thriller and into first place on its second weekend on release.

Marigold Hotel earns £2.3 million to chart ahead of Woman in Black‘s £1.88 million, while new release This Means War debuts at number three with £1.82 million.

Safe House falls a place to number four, with The Muppets completing the top five.

(more…)

The Woman in Black has topped the UK box office for the third consecutive weekend.

Daniel Radcliffe’s Hammer horror film holds off strong competition from new releases The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Safe House to secure the number one spot with £2.4 million in ticket sales.

Marigold Hotel, which features an all-star British cast that includes Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Tom Wilkinson, and action-thriller Safe House both notched up impressive debuts of more than £2 million but still trail behind the supernatural horror among UK cinemagoers.

The Muppets slides two spots to number four, while Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance completes the top five.

With the half-term school holidays over, the top ten sees a dip in takings over the past week, but both The Vow and this weekend’s big Oscar-winner The Artist hold their spots at numbers six and nine respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Woman in Black – £2,432,580
2. (-) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £2,222,051
3. (-) Safe House – £2,142,872
4. (2) The Muppets – £1,490,069
5. (3) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – £487,874
6. (6) The Vow – £480,085
7. (5) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – £411,983
8. (4) Star Wars: Episode I – he Phantom Menace – £404,962
9. (9) The Artist – £352,139
10. (-) One for the Money – £317,762

Daniel Radcliffe‘s The Woman in Black has topped the UK box office with £3.5 million in ticket sales.

The supernatural horror, from British studio Hammer, holds off competition from The Muppets for the second consecutive weekend to emerge as the UK’s number one movie.

Nicolas Cage’s comic book sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is the only new release to trouble the top ten, debuting in third place with £1.3 million.

Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace falls to number four, while Journey 2: The Mysterious Island completes the top five.

With schools on holiday for half-term last week (February 13 to February 17), the box office saw a rise in business with Woman in Black, The Muppets and Journey 2 all increasing their takings from the previous week.

However, the Oscar-tipped silent movie The Artist saw the biggest leap in business as it boosted tickets sales by a huge 102% from the previous week to re-enter the top 10. Michel Hazanavicius’s film has now earned more than £6.8 million after nine weeks on release.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Woman in Black – £3,501,601
2. (2) The Muppets – £3,411,698
3. (-) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – £1,340,000
4. (3) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – £1,077,302
5. (6) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – £1,061,550
6. (4) The Vow – £953,165
7. (5) Chronicle – £727,871
8. (7) The Descendants – £564,536
9. (11) The Artist – £527,358
10. (8) War Horse – £450,073

Daniel Radcliffe‘s The Woman in Black has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The supernatural horror earned £3.1 million during its three-day opening weekend, making it the highest ever bow for a Hammer film in the UK.

The Muppets, Jason Segel‘s big-screen revival of Jim Henson’s beloved characters, enters the chart in second place with an opening haul of £2.6 million.

In third spot is the 3D re-release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, which adds £1.5 million to the £50 million the prequel earned in 1999.

Romantic drama The Vow and found footage superhero film Chronicle complete the top five.

Elsewhere, sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island falls four places to number six ahead of George Clooney drama The Descendants.

War Horse, Jack and Jill and Man on a Ledge also dip four places as new releases dominate the top ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Woman in Black – £3,153,020
2. (-) The Muppets – £2,650,664
3. (-) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace – £1,528,156
4. (-) The Vow – £1,091,469
5. (1) Chronicle – £1,024,583
6. (2) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – £902,857
7. (3) The Descendants – £743,017
8. (4) War Horse – £580,984
9. (5) Jack and Jill – £521,925
10. (6) Man on a Ledge – £419,979

Chronicle has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The found footage superhero movie, which centres on three teens gifted with extraordinary powers, pulls in more than £2 million at UK cinemas to emerge as the number one movie ahead of Dwayne Johnson’s Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

George Clooney’s The Descendants drops a spot to number three, while War Horse‘s three-week reign at the chart summit comes to an end as it slips down to number four.

Adam Sandler’s latest comedy Jack and Jill is a new entry at number five.

Elsewhere, the top ten also saw debuts from Man on a Ledge, a heist thriller starring Sam Worthington, and Roman Polanski’s all-star ensemble Carnage.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Chronicle – £2,193,072
2. (-) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – £1,200,587
3. (2) The Descendants – £1,112,964
4. (1) War Horse – £889,687
5. (-) Jack and Jill – £848,814
6. (-) Man on a Ledge – £697,394
7. (3) The Grey – £521,188
8. (4) A Monster in Paris – £474,941
9. (5) The Artist – £377,889
10. (-) Carnage – £298,733

Steven Spielberg’s War Horse has spent its third week at the top of the UK box office.

The World War I drama, which stars Jeremy Irvine and Benedict Cumberbatch, holds off strong competition from three new releases to secure first place.

George Clooney’s The Descendants, Liam Neeson’s The Grey and animated movie A Monster in Paris all debuted last week, but none were able to topple Spielberg’s latest film.

The Artist, fresh from picking up 10 Academy Award nominations, climbs up three places to number five. The black and white silent movie has now grossed more than £4 million in the UK.

Elsewhere, Underworld: Awakening is the sharpest faller as it tumbles down four places to seven.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) War Horse – £2,081,490
2. (-) The Descendants – £1,797,939
3. (-) The Grey – £1,094,338
4. (-) A Monster in Paris – £1,043,531
5. (8) The Artist – £704,348
6. (4) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – £655,144
7. (3) Underworld: Awakening – £627,846
8. (5) The Iron Lady – £567,397
9. (6) The Sitter – £554,568
10. (7) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – £529,462

Steven Spielberg’s War Horse has held off competition from Haywire and Underworld: Awakening to top the UK box office.

The World War I drama, which stars Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch, pulls in £3.2 million in ticket sales to secure the number one spot for the second consecutive weekend.

Action movies Haywire and Underworld: Awakening battled it out for second place, with Steven Soderbergh’s espionage film taking £1.19 million against £1.11 million for Kate Beckinsale’s vampire sequel.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Meryl Streep’s The Iron Lady complete the top five.

Jonah Hill comedy The Sitter debuts at number six with £910,382 from 355 screens.

Oscar-tipped black and white film The Artist continues its impressive run in the UK. Michel Hazanavicius’s ode to silent cinema boosts its box office takings from last week to bag £770,403 in ticket sales.

The Artist has now earned more than £3 million from UK cinemagoers.

Elsewhere, Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar and W.E. fail to dent the top ten as they debut at numbers 12 and 14 respectively. The latter, Madonna’s first major film as a director, grosses £182,914 from 172 screens.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) War Horse – £3,202,493
2. (-) Haywire – £1,197,866
3. (-) Underworld: Awakening – £1,114,327
4. (3) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – £956,434
5. (2) The Iron Lady – £949,517
6. (-) The Sitter – £910,382
7. (4) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – £815,330
8. (7) The Artist – £770,403
9. (8) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – £568,758
10. (9) Puss in Boots – £568,590