In the US: Dr Seuss CGI animation Horton Hears A Who takes #1... sporting fight drama Never Back Down punches in at #3... and Brit director Neil Marshall's latest, Doomsday, is unceremoniously dumped into cinemas, at #7...
In the UK: Prehistoric action-film 10,000 B.C is straight in at #1... homegrown horror-comedy The Cottage limps in at #6 (thanks to a lack of marketing)... hitman drama In Bruges fares worse at #7 (but that's only based on the taking from its early Irish release, with the Colin Farrell-effect working a treat)... but, quite rightly, tweeny 3-D concert Hannah Montana does abysmally, coming in at #9...US TOP 10
(-) 1. Horton Hears A Who $45m
(1) 2. 10,000 B.C $16.8m
(-) 3. Never Back Down $8.6m
(2) 4. College Road Trip $7.81m
(3) 5. Vantage Point $5.46m
(4) 6. The Bank Job $5.05m
(-) 7. Doomsday $4.93m
(5) 8. Semi-Pro $3.04m
(7) 9. The Other Boleyn Girl $2.88m
(6) 10. The Spiderwick Chronicles $2.34m
UK TOP 10
(-) 1. 10,000 B.C £1.9m
(1) 2. Vantage Point £933k
(3) 3. The Game Plan £760k
(2) 4. The Other Boleyn Girl £719k
(4) 5. The Bank Job £426k
(-) 6. The Cottage £303k
(-) 7. In Bruges £277k
(5) 8. The Accidental Husband £241k
(-) 9. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best Of Both Worlds £241k
(10) 10. There Will Be Blood £224k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
LARS & THE REAL GIRLA delusional young man starts a relationship with a life-like doll he finds on the internet. Comedy-drama starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider & Kelli Garner.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERAA rejected lover dedicates his adult life to carnal affairs, in a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart. Romantic drama directed by Mike Newell, starring Benjamin Bratt, Gina Bernard Forbes, Giovanna Mezzogiorno & Javier Bardem.
MEET THE SPARTANSSpoof of 300 and various other films. Starring Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian & Kevin Sorbo.
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLESThree children are pulled into an alternate mythical world after arriving at a dilapidated mansion. Family fantasy starring Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Nick Nolte, Mary-Louise Parker & Joan Plowright.
STEP UP 2 THE STREETSTwo dancers from different backgrounds grow close while working together at a dance school. Musical drama starring Brian Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Adam G. Sevani & Cassie.
