Archive for November, 2011

‘Twilight Breaking Dawn’ retains UK box office lead – top 10 in full

Monday, November 28th, 2011
Edward and Bella

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Arthur Christmas are occupying the top two spots at the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The fourth Twilight movie, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, pulls in £4.5 million to secure first place. Arthur Christmas boosts its takings, up more than £200,000 from last week,
to take second spot with £2.5 million.

My Week with Marilyn is the highest of five new releases to make the top ten, landing at number three ahead of The Adventures of Tintin and Immortals.

Despite the star power of Daniel Craig and Brad Pitt, Dream House and Moneyball only manage to chart at numbers seven and ten respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – £4,574,978
2. (2) Arthur Christmas – £2,526,285
3. (-) My Week with Marilyn – £749,819
4. (3) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – £712,398
5. (4) Immortals – £534,163
6. (-) 50/50 – £410,251
7. (-) Dream House – £304,239
8. (-) In Time – £258,840
9. (-) Desi Boyz – £243,792
10. (-) Moneyball – £230,848

Rihanna beats One Direction to albums No.1 with ‘Talk That Talk’

Sunday, November 27th, 2011
Rihanna: 'Talk That Talk'

Rihanna has beaten One Direction to the top of the UK album chart with her sixth studio LP Talk That Talk.

The Bajan star achieved her third number one in the country after shifting over 160,000 copies of her latest opus in its first week.

Rihanna also become the first ever female to score the chart double twice in one year with different releases after Talk That Talk‘s lead track ‘We Found Love’ topped the singles chart for a sixth week.

One Direction instead settle for second with their debut album Up All Night, but still post an impressive sales figure of 138,000 copies.

Outgoing chart-topper Michael Bublé slips to three with Christmas, while new entries Greatest Hits by Westlife and 50 Words For Snow by Kate Bush complete the top five.

JLS are pushed from the runner-up spot to six with Jukebox, Coldplay lose three places with Mylo Xyloto at seven and Nickelback score their fifth UK album chart Top 10 with Here And Now at ten.

The Top 10 in full:

1. (-) Rihanna: ‘Talk That Talk’
2. (-) One Direction: ‘Up All Night’
3. (1) Michael Bublé: ‘Christmas’
4. (-) Westlife: ‘Greatest Hits’
5. (-) Kate Bush: ’50 Words For Snow’
6. (2) JLS: ‘Jukebox’
7. (4) Coldplay: ‘Mylo Xyloto’
8. (7) Ed Sheeran: ‘+’
9. (8) Adele: ’21’
10. (-) Nickelback: ‘Here And Now’

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‘Breaking Dawn’ holds off ‘Arthur Christmas’ – UK box office top 10

Monday, November 21st, 2011
Twilight - Breaking Dawn Character Poster

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 has topped the UK box office with a record-breaking £13 million opening.

The fantasy romance, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, posted a Friday figure of £6.35 million, surpassing the non-3D opening record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 last year.

Aardman’s latest animated offering Arthur Christmas is at number two with £2.3 million, outgrossing the film’s £2.1 million debut weekend takings.

The Adventures of Tintin holds its place at number three, last week’s chart-topper Immortals slips three spots to four and In Time completes the top five.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – £13,910,877
2. (2) Arthur Christmas – £2,317,953
3. (3) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – £988,578
4. (1) Immortals – £950,230
5. (4) In Time – £453,958
6. (5) Tower Heist – £411,888
7. (-) Justice – £276,483
8. (7) Johnny English Reborn – £256,828
9. (6) The Rum Diary – £230,740
10. (10) The Ides of March – £180,692

Rihanna beats Flo Rida, One Direction to No.1 with ‘We Found Love’

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

Rihanna has scored a fifth week atop the UK singles chart with ‘We Found Love’.

The Bajan star fought off strong debuts from Flo Rida’s ‘Good Feeling’ and One Direction’s ‘Gotta Be You’ to keep her Calvin Harris-team up at pole position.

Rihanna has now overtaken Adele as the artist to have spent the longest time at number one in 2011, with a total of six weeks between ‘We Found Love’ and her January release ‘What’s My Name?’.

The 21 singer previously held the title after ‘Someone Like You’ topped the chart for five weeks over February and March.

Further down the chart, JLS drop six to eight with ‘Take A Chance On Me’, Professor Green’s Emeli Sandé collaboration ‘Read All About It’ slips to nine from four and Christina Perri’s ‘Jar Of Hearts’ leaps back into the bestsellers at ten after finishing at 17 last week.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (1) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: ‘We Found Love’
2. (-) Flo Rida: ‘Good Feeling’
3. (-) One Direction: ‘Gotta Be You’
4. (3) Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah: ‘Earthquake’
5. (5) Ed Sheeran: ‘Lego House’
6. (7) David Guetta ft. Usher: ‘Without You’
7. (9) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
8. (2) JLS: ‘Take A Chance On Me’
9. (4) Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande: ‘Read All About It’
10. (17) Christina Perri: ‘Jar Of Hearts’

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‘Immortals’ beats ‘Arthur Christmas’: Box office top 10

Monday, November 14th, 2011
Henry Cavill

Henry Cavill’s 3D epic Immortals has held off strong competition from Arthur Christmas to take the UK box office top spot.

The Superman: Man of Steel star’s new movie, which centres on a war between Cavill’s Theseus and Mickey Rourke’s King Hyperion, takes in £2,166,432 to hold off competition from Aardman’s festive family film.

Arthur Christmas is just a fraction behind the box office victor, with £2,112,516 in ticket sales.

Last week’s number one movie The Adventures of Tintin is at number three, while In Time and Tower Heist complete the top five.

Johnny Depp’s The Rum Diary is a new entry at number six with takings of £608,055 on its debut weekend on release.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Immortals – £2,166,432
2. (-) Arthur Christmas – £2,122,516
3. (1) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – £1,540,539
4. (2) In Time – £915,584
5. (3) Tower Heist – £825,783
6. (-) The Rum Diary – £608,044
7. (4) Johnny English Reborn – £506,200
8. (6) The Help – £378,521
9. (5) Paranormal Activity 3 – £339,245
10. (8) The Ides of March – £284,076

Rihanna returns to singles No.1 with ‘We Found Love’

Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Rihanna 'We Found Love'

Rihanna has recaptured the UK singles chart top spot with her Calvin Harris collaboration ‘We Found Love’.

The Bajan star outperformed JLS’s latest effort ‘Take A Chance On Me’ to bump previous number one ‘Read All About It’ by Professor Green and Emeli Sandé to four. ‘We Found Love’ has now been at number one for four of the six weeks since its release.

Ed Sheeran advances one place to reach the Top 5 for the first time with ‘Lego House’, while Cher Lloyd’s ‘With Ur Love’ heads two in the opposite direction at six.

Elsewhere, David Guetta and Usher team-up ‘Without You’ advances another three spots to seven, and Pixie Lott sneaks into the Top 10 with new entry ‘What Do You Take Me For’.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (2) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: ‘We Found Love’
2. (-) JLS: ‘Take A Chance On Me’
3. (3) Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah: ‘Earthquake’
4. (1) Professor Green ft. Emeli Sandé: ‘Read All About It’
5. (6) Ed Sheeran: ‘Lego House’
6. (4) Cher Lloyd ft. Mike Posner: ‘With Ur Love’
7. (10) David Guetta ft. Usher: ‘Without You’
8. (7) LMFAO: ‘Sexy And I Know It’
9. (5) Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
10. (-) Pixie Lott ft. Pusha T: ‘What Do You Take Me For’

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‘The Human Centipede II’ takes just £942 at UK box office

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
The Human Centipede 2

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has taken just £942 at the box office after opening in the UK last weekend.

Tom Six‘s controversial horror sequel, which had two minutes and 37 seconds removed in order to obtain an 18 certificate for release, amassed the total when it opened on 10 UK cinema screens last Friday (November 4), says The Guardian.

In contrast, the film’s predecessor The Human Centipede (First Sequence) debuted to £6,145 from 14 screens in August 2010.

Director Six slammed censors the British Board of Film Classification’s (BBFC) when they rejected his movie in June.

He said: “Apparently I made a horrific horror film, but shouldn’t a good horror film be horrific? My dear people it is a f**king MOVIE. It is all fictional. Not real. It is all make-belief. It is art.”

Dutch filmmaker Six recently stated that Steven Spielberg‘s Schindler’s List influenced his decision to shoot The Human Centipede II in black and white.

‘Adventures of Tintin’ beats ‘In Time’ – UK box office top ten

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Tintin and the Thompson Twins in The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin has spent its second weekend at the top of the UK box office.

Steven Spielberg‘s 3D animated movie, starring Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Daniel Craig, holds off competition from new releases In Time and Tower Heist to secure first place.

In Time, Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried‘s sci-fi thriller, opened early on Tuesday (November 1) but was not able to pull in enough ticket sales to dislodge Tintin.

Johnny English Reborn sits at number three, while Paranormal Activity 3 drops from second spot to number five.

Elsewhere, Gerard Butler’s Machine Gun Preacher is a new entry at ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Uniform – £2,199,171
2. (-) In Time – £1,882,365
3. (-) Tower Heist – £1,451,029
4. (3) Johnny English Reborn – £832,068
5. (2) Paranormal Activity 3 – £800,580
6. (7) The Help – £537,633
7. (4) Contagion – £493,293
8. (8) The Ides of March – £489,240
9. (5) The Lion King 3D – £461,738
10. (-) Machine Gun Preacher – £331,578

Professor Green keeps hold of singles No.1 with ‘Read All About It’

Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Professor Green feat. Emeli Sande: 'Read All About It'

Professor Green and Emeli Sandé have extended their reign atop the UK singles chart for a second week with ‘Read All About It’.

The 27-year-old fought off competition from Rihanna and Calvin Harris-team up ‘We Found Love’ and ‘Earthquake’ by Labrinth and Tinie Tempah to remain head of the rankings.

Midweek number one ‘With Ur Love’ by Cher Lloyd finishes at four to grab the title of today’s highest new entry, Ed Sheeran finally cracks the Top 10 with third single ‘Lego House’, up to six from 12, and Kelly Clarkson trips five to nine with ‘Mr Know It All’.

‘Without You’ by David Guetta and Usher returns to the top-sellers at 10 from last week’s 13, while elsewhere in the double digits Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Video Games’ bumps up three to 12, one position ahead of a new entry from Lucenzo & Qwote named ‘Danza Kuduro’.

The Top 10 in full:
1. (1) Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande: ‘Read All About It’
2. (3) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: ‘We Found Love’
3. (2) Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah: ‘Earthquake’
4. (-) Cher Lloyd ft. Mike Posner: ‘With Ur Love’
5. (5) Maroon 5 ft. Adam Levine: ‘Moves Like Jagger’
6. (12) Ed Sheeran: ‘Lego House’
7. (7) LMFAO: ‘Sexy And I Know It’
8. (6) Charlene Soraia: ‘Wherever You Will Go’
9. (4) Kelly Clarkson: ‘Mr Know It All’
10. (13) David Guetta ft. Usher: ‘Without You’

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‘Adventures of Tintin’ beats ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ at UK box office

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Tintin and the Thompson Twins in The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin has topped the UK box office on its debut week on release.

Steven Spielberg‘s 3D animated movie, starring Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Daniel Craig, pulls in an impressive £6.7 million to beat Paranormal Activity 3 to the top spot.

Johnny English Reborn, Contagion and The Lion King 3D take the next three positions respectively.

Ra.One, the latest movie from Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is the chart’s second highest new entry at number six.

The big-budget action epic lands above Emma Stone’s US hit The Help and George Clooney and Ryan Gosling’s political thriller The Ides of March.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – £6,758,724
2. (1) Paranormal Activity 3 – £1,843,816
3. (2) Johnny English Reborn – £1,787,451
4. (3) Contagion – £1,051,348
5. (4) The Lion King 3D – £1,011,060
6. (-) Ra.One – £908,768
7. (-) The Help – £896,597
8. (-) The Ides of March – £665,387
9. (5) Real Steel – £508,604
10. (9) Dolphin Tale – £295,641