In the US, geriatrics Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman team-up for black comedy The Bucket List, topping the chart at #1... awful crime caper First Sunday with Ice Cube somehow woo'd a crowd to nab #1... Juno is still doing amazingly well at #3... National Treasure slips to #4... J-Horror remake One Missed Call slips 2 places to #7... CGI-animated comedy with the worst title ever (The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie) vegetates at #9... and, despite some buzz, Atonement sticks at #10...
US TOP 10
1. The Bucket List $19.4m
2. First Sunday $17.7m
3. Juno $13.6m
4. National Treasure: Book Of Secrets $11.3m
5. Alvin & The Chipmunks $9.3m
6. I Am Legend $8.18m
7. One Missed Call $5.98m
8. P.S I Love You $4.83m
9. The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie $4.25m
10. Atonement $4.2mm
In the UK, I Am Legend is proving to phenomenally popular still, keeping the #1 spot... as is P.S I Love You, which stays at #2... Tom Hanks' latest debuts at #3... St Trinian's mysteriously stays put at #4... The Golden Compass likewise holds firm at #7... Steve Carrel drama Dan In Real Life disappoints at #8, due to zero publicity... Bee Movie falls 2 places to #9... and Kite Runner spirals down to #10...
UK TOP 10
1. I Am Legend £2.05m [review]
2. P.S I Love You £1.4m
3. Charlie Wilson's War £1.2m
4. St. Trinian's £1.03m
5. Enchanted £809k
6. Alvin & The Chipmunks £791k
7. The Golden Compass £729k
8. Dan In Real Life £603k
9. Bee Movie £446k
10. The Kite Runner £376k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
ALIENS VS PREDATOR: REQUIEMAliens are released into a small community and a lone Predator is dispatched to clean up the mess. Sci-fi horror sequel starring 24's Reiko Aylesworth.
THE GOOD NIGHTA former British pop star living in New York meets the woman of his dreams... in his dreams. Romantic comedy fantasy starring Martin Freeman, Penelope Cruz, Simon Pegg, Gwyneth Paltrow and Danny DeVito.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MENA hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and $2 million cash near the Rio Grande. Crime thriller from the Coen Brothers, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson and Kelly Macdonald.
WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORYSinger Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend. Musical biopic spoof, starring John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer and Kristen Wiig.
