Archive for April, 2012

Jack White scores debut solo album No.1 with ‘Blunderbuss’

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Jack White has entered the UK albums chart at number one with his debut LP.

Blunderbuss outsold Adele’s long-running 21 album by two to one, and is White’s third UK number one album including his time with The White Stripes.

Lana Del Rey climbed one place to three with Born to Die, swapping places with Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday – Roman Reloaded.

Rufus Wainwright completed the top five with his seventh studio album Out of the Game, his second UK top five album after 2007’s Release the Stars.

Feeder’s eighth studio album Generation Freakshow lands at 13, while The Chieftain’s Voice of Ages is a new entry at 25.

Santigold’s latest album Master of My Make-Believe completed the new entries by reaching number 33.

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‘Battleship’ holds off ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ at UK box office

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Battleship has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Rihanna’s movie debut experiences a 66% drop in ticket sales, but its £1.2 million haul is still enough to see it edge past Ewan McGregor’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

The Hunger Games climbs a place to number three, while Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods falls a spot to number four.

The 3D re-release of Titanic completes the top five, taking in £925,740 from its 398 locations nationwide.

Elsewhere, new releases Lockout and Gone enter the chart top ten. Guy Pearce’s sci-fi action film debuts at number seven ahead of the Amanda Seyfried thriller, which bows at number 10.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Battleship – £1,282,091
2. (-) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – £1,169,235
3. (4) The Hunger Games – £1,070,787
4. (3) The Cabin in the Woods – £1,033,533
5. (2) Titanic – £925,740
6. (5) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £772,887
7. (-) Lockout – £596,500
8. (6) Mirror Mirror – £535,093
9. (7) 21 Jump Street – £376,781
10. (-) Gone – £275,087

Source: Rentrak

‘UEFA Euro 2012’ lacking licensed teams

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
UEFA Euro 2012 expansion first images

UEFA Euro 2012 lacks the official teams and players for almost half of its included squads, it has emerged.

The FIFA 12 expansion adds 53 international teams for the European tournament, 24 of which consist of fake player names and invented strips.

Among the countries with artificial teams are host nation Ukraine, Wales, Slovakia, Estonia, Belarus and FYR Macedonia.

An EA spokesperson told Eurogamer that the lack of official teams was due to licensing issues.

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‘Football Manager’ reclaims PC top spot, ‘The Witcher 2’ enters at ten

Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Football Manager 2012

Football Manager 2012 has reclaimed its place at the top of the PC weekly sales chart.

With the football season coming to a close, the management simulation knocks Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim down to fourth, while The Sims 3 and The Sims 3: Showtime occupy second and third.

With a new batch of content available to download for free alongside the Xbox 360 release, The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings enters the chart at ten, having originally launched on the PC last year.

The top ten in full:
1. (2) Football Manager 2012 (Sega)
2. (5) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
3. (3) The Sims 3: Showtime (Electronic Arts)
4. (1) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
5. (7) Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai (Sega)
6. (6) Star Wars: The Old Republic (Electronic Arts)
7. (4) Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts)
8. (10) Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
9. (8) The Sims 3: Generations (Electronic Arts)
10. (-) The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings (Namco Bandai)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2012 UKIE Ltd.

Adele spends 22nd week at albums No.1 with ’21’

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

Adele has returned to number one in the UK album chart with 21.

The album rises two spots to reclaim the top spot in its 64th week inside the UK chart. Adele has now overtaken Dire Straits and David Bowie in the record books in terms of number of weeks spent at number one.

21 also rises above The Beatles’ classic albums A Hard Day’s Night and With the Beatles by spending its 22nd week at the top overall.

Nicki Minaj drops one place from last week’s top spot to number two with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.

Alabama Shakes claim the highest new entry with Boys & Girls at three, after having been number one in the midweek placings.

Jessie J climbs four places to four with Who You Are, while Emeli Sandé is a non-mover at five with Our Version of Events.

Labrinth drops seven places to nine with Electronic Earth, with Lana Del Rey climbing up five spots to six with Born to Die.

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‘Battleship’ sinks ‘Titanic’ at UK box office

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

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

Rihanna’s movie debut, which is inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, pulls in more than £3.7 million to secure the number one spot ahead of James Cameron’s 3D re-release of Titanic.

Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods, the long-delayed horror movie starring Chris Hemsworth, debuts at number three with £1.6 million from 414 locations.

The Hunger Games falls from second spot to number four, while Aardman’s The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists rounds out the top five.

Snow White tale Mirror Mirror, starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts, slips three places to occupy the number six spot ahead of 21 Jump Street and Wrath of the Titans.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Battleship – £3,763,348
2. (1) Titanic – £1,809,737
3. (-) The Cabin in the Woods – £1,601,161
4. (2) The Hunger Games – £1,494,174
5. (4) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £1,477,517
6. (3) Mirror Mirror – £913,134
7. (6) 21 Jump Street – £528,122
8. (5) Wrath of the Titans – £495,768
9. (8) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £273,338
10. (9) StreetDance 2 – £220,087

Source: Rentrak

Adele spends 22nd week at albums No.1 with ’21’

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

Adele has returned to number one in the UK album chart with 21.

The album rises two spots to reclaim the top spot in its 64th week inside the UK chart. Adele has now overtaken Dire Straits and David Bowie in the record books in terms of number of weeks spent at number one.

21 also rises above The Beatles’ classic albums A Hard Day’s Night and With the Beatles by spending its 22nd week at the top overall.

Nicki Minaj drops one place from last week’s top spot to number two with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.

Alabama Shakes claim the highest new entry with Boys & Girls at three, after having been number one in the midweek placings.

Jessie J climbs four places to four with Who You Are, while Emeli Sandé is a non-mover at five with Our Version of Events.

Labrinth drops seven places to nine with Electronic Earth, with Lana Del Rey climbing up five spots to six with Born to Die.

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‘Titanic’ sinks ‘The Hunger Games’ at Easter

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Titanic has topped the Easter box office in the UK, ending The Hunger Games‘s two-week reign in the number one spot.

James Cameron’s 3D re-release of his 1997 blockbuster, back in cinemas to mark the 100-year anniversary of Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage, pulls in £2.8 million to secure first place ahead of Jennifer Lawrence’s action movie.

Titanic‘s 3D opening haul will be added to the £68m the romantic epic earned from its initial UK theatrical run in 1998.

The Hunger Games‘s £2.39 million gross puts it just ahead of family adventure Mirror Mirror, which collects £2.38 million over the Easter break.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists falls a place to number four, while last week’s runner-up Wrath of the Titans completes the top five with £1.3 million.

Elsewhere, Henry Cavill’s latest movie The Cold Light of Day debuts at number seven and Bollywood sequel Housefull 2 lands at number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Titanic – £2,856,540
2. (1) The Hunger Games – £2,394,782
3. (-) Mirror Mirror – £2,389,033
4. (3) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £2,166,162
5. (2) Wrath of the Titans – £1,368,131
6. (4) 21 Jump Street – £845,869
7. (-) The Cold Light of Day – £503,985
8. (6) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £451,307
9. (5) StreetDance 2 – £424,833
10. (-) Housefull 2 – £396,475

Source: Rentrak

Nicki Minaj scores first UK No.1 album with ‘Roman Reloaded’

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

Nicki Minaj has achieved her first UK number one album with Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.

The ‘Starships’ artist’s second studio album topped this week’s chart by 15,000 copies.

Labrinth was beaten into second place with debut record Electronic Earth, while children’s craze Moshi Monsters landed as high as this week’s fourth position with Music Rox!.

Last week’s number one MDNA from Madonna falls six places to seven, while Adele continues her stranglehold of the charts by climbing back into the top three with 21.

Emeli Sandé falls two spots and completes the top five with Our Version of Events.

David Guetta falls four to six with Nothing But the Beat, while Jessie J falls three to eight with Who You Are.

Lostprophets’ fifth studio LP Weapons is a new entry at nine, with Orbital’s latest album Wonky lands at 22.

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‘Hunger Games’ holds off ‘Wrath of the Titans’ at UK box office

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games has held off competition from Wrath of the Titans to top the UK box office for the second consecutive week.

Jennifer Lawrence’s action movie pulls in £2.9 million to edge past Sam Worthington’s fantasy sequel and secure the number one spot.

The race for second place was hotly contested, with Wrath taking in £2.19 million against the £2.17 haul for Aardman’s latest animation The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists.

21 Jump Street falls two places to number four, while StreetDance 2 is at five.

The dance movie’s £608,024 haul falls short of its predecessor’s impressive £2,493,948 opening in 2010, which outpaced summer blockbuster Prince of Persia.

Elsewhere, Werner Herzog’s film about death row inmate Michael Perry, Into the Abyss, is the only other new release to chart in the top ten.

The critically-acclaimed documentary earns £71,549 from its cinema run.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1.
(1) The Hunger Games – £2,986,317
2. (-) Wrath of the Titans – £2,192,740
3. (-) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £2,176,195
4. (2) 21 Jump Street – £962,537
5. (-) StreetDance 2 – £608,024
6. (3) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £489,707
7. (4) The Devil Inside – £239,741
8. (5) We Bought a Zoo – £164,308
9. (6) Contraband – £137,497
10. (-) Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life – £71,549

Source: Rentrak