Friday, 18 April 2008

Box Office Charts: w/e 18 April 2008

Friday, 18 April 2008

In the US: Slasher flick Prom Night scares up decent business to take #1... crime-drama Street Kings (starring Keanu Reeves) disappoints with $12.5m at #2... and rom-com Smart People, starring Dennis Quaid as a professor whose layabout brother comes to stay with his family, limps in at #7.

In the UK: Casino hustle movie 21 takes #1, keeping Son Of Rambow down in second place for its second week... George Clooney's rom-com Leatherheads doesn't attract an audience, jogging into #6... Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary Shine A Light crawls into #9... and low interest in Heroes' hunk Milo Ventimiglia ensures his crime-horror film Pathology scrapes into #10...

US TOP 10

(-) 1. Prom Night $20.8m
(-) 2. Street Kings $12.5m
(1) 3. 21 $10.5m
(2) 4. Nim's Island $9.11m
(3) 5. Leatherheads $6.28m
(4) 6. Horton Hears A Who! $5.92m
(-) 7. Smart People $4.09m
(5) 8. The Ruins $3.39m
(6) 9. Superhero Movie $3.22m
(8) 10. Drillbit Taylor $2.04m


UK TOP 10

(-) 1. 21 £1.6m
(2) 2. Son Of Rambow £749k
(1) 3. 27 Dresses £688k
(5) 4. The Spiderwick Chronicles £676k
(3) 5. Step Up 2 The Streets £662k
(-) 6. Leatherheads £474k
(6) 7. Horton Hears A Who! £431k
(4) 8. Never Back Down £417k
(-) 9. Shine A Light £338k
(-) 10. Pathology £313k


UK RELEASES THIS WEEK

IN BRUGES
Two hitmen hiding out in Bruges realize they have very different outlooks on life. Comedy crime drama starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleason & Ralph Fiennes.

FOOLS' GOLD
A married couple on the brink of divorce team-up to find treasure, and rekindle their feelings. Romantic comedy adventure starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone & Ewan Bremner.

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
A primary school teacher tackles her life with indomitable upbeat spirit. Comedy directed by Mike Leigh, starring Sally Hawkins.


STREET KINGS
A veteran LAPD cop grieving for his dead wife is implicated in the execution of a fellow officer and must fight to prove his innocence. Crime thriller starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie & Chris Evans.