Dan's Media Digest

The abysmal performance by Grindhouse continues this week (down to number 10 with a miserable $4.33m -- after just two weeks on release!) I don't think I've ever known a more awful box-office performance for a more critically-lauded film!

US TOP 10

1. Disturbia $22.2m
2. Blades Of Glory $13.8m
3. Meet The Robinsons $12.5m
4. Perfect Stranger $11.2m
5. Are We Done Yet? $8.95m
6. Pathfinder $5m
7. Wild Hogs $4.68m
8. The Reaping $4.57m
9. 300 $4.45m
10. Grindhouse $4.33m

On this side of the pond, more calamity for Danny Boyle's superb Sunshine, as it struggles in the lower-half of the chart while Mr Bean and Wild Hogs rides high! Such injustice. But nice to see foreign language films making the chart with Curse Of The Golden Flower and The Lives Of Others...

UK TOP 10

1. Wild Hogs £1.6m
2. Mr Bean's Holiday £1.5m
3. Blades Of Glory £740k
4. Shooter £7.16k
5. 300 £499k
6. Sunshine £443k
7. Curse Of The Golden Flower £362k
8. Meet The Robinsons £357k
9. Perfect Stranger £277k
10. The Lives Of Others £223k

UK RELEASES THIS WEEK

HALF NELSON
An innercity doctor with a drugs habit forms an unlikely friendship with a student after she discovers his secret. Drama starring Ryan Gosling.

PATHFINDER
A Viking child is left behind after his clan battle a Native American tribe. Raised by the tribe, he grows up to become their saviour and fight against the Norsemen. Action-adventure starring Kurt Urban.

THE REAPING
A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, discovers a town suffering from ten Biblical plagues. Supernatural horror with Hillary Swank.

REIGN OVER ME
A man who lost his family in the September 11th attack on New York City finds strength by rekindling a friendship with his college roommate. Drama starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle.