In the US, mysterious monster movie Cloverfield was finally unleashed and made a whopping $46m at the box-office, easily taking the #1 spot... Katherine Heigl returns after Knocked Up with wedding comedy 27 Dresses... former #1 Bucket List drops to #3... First Sunday drops 4 places to #6... crime caper Mad Money debuts at a poor #8... I Am Legend takes a big drop from #6 to #9... while Atonement continues to cling onto #10 in the wake of Oscar buzz...
US TOP 10
1. Cloverfield $46.1m
2. 27 Dresses £27.4m
3. The Bucket List $16.7m
4. Juno $12m
5. National Treasure: Book Of Secrets $9.61m
6. First Sunday $9.5m
7. Alvin & The Chipmunks $9.43m
8. Mad Money $9.27m
9. I Am Legend $5.91m [review]
10. Atonement $5.53m
In the UK, cinemagoers show poor taste by allowing AVP2 to take #1, knocking No Country For Old Men into second place... P.S I Love You is doing amazingly well, despite generally awful reviews, high at #3... I Am Legend drops from #1 to #4 from last week... flop Golden Compass looks likely to vanish from the chart next week, dropping 2 places to #9... and Bee Movie surely has its last buzz at #10 this week...
UK TOP 10
1. Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem £1.9m
2. No Country For Old Men £1.2m
3. P.S I Love You £1.1m
4. I Am Legend £1.08m [review]
5. Charlie Wilson's War £890k
6. St. Trinian's £858k
7. Alvin & The Chipmunks £715k
8. Enchanted £602k
9. The Golden Compass £463k
10. Bee Movie £322k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAHA careers officer and his wife work with a detective to discover the truth behind their son's disappearance, after he returned from service in Iraq. Crime drama starring Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron.
THE SAVAGESA brother and sister face the harsh realities of familial responsibility when their father is taken ill. Comedy drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney.
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREETAfter returning from exile for a crime he didn't commit, a barber exacts his revenge by slashing the throats of customers and using them as the meat filling in pies. Crime musical thriller starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Sacha Baron Cohen.
SYDNEY WHITEA modern retelling of the Snow White fairytale, set in the freshman year of a college. Comedy starring Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long and Jack Carpenter.
