In the US: Battle of the funnies this week, as Saturday Night Live alumni Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's comedy Baby Mama gets #1, leaving raucous sequel Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay to make do with #2... and Deception, the poorly-reviewed Hugh Jackman/Ewan McGregor thriller, crawls in with a pathetic $2.31m to take #10...
In the UK: Judd Apatow-produced comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, marketed in Britain on the back of native talent Russell Brand, makes #1 comfortably... Jessica Alba horror The Eye gets #2 with a meagre week's takings... and the Jackman/McGregor combo gets thriller Deception #7...
US TOP 10
(-) 1. Baby Mama $17.4m
(-) 2. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay $14.9m
(1) 3. The Forbidden Kingdom $11.2m
(2) 4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall $11m
(5) 5. Nim's Island $4.55m
(3) 6. Prom Night $4.51m
(6) 7. 21 $4.02m
(4) 8. 88 Minutes $3.59m
(8) 9. Horton Hears A Who! $2.49m
(-) 10. Deception $2.31m
UK TOP 10
(-) 1. Forgetting Sarah Marshall £2.1m
(-) 2. The Eye £704k
(1) 3. 21 £547k
(2) 4. Fool's Gold £476k
(3) 5. In Bruges £408k
(5) 6. Son Or Rambow £278k
(-) 7. Deception £255k
(4) 8. Street Kings £250k
(6) 9. The Spiderwick Chronicles £238.3k
(9) 10. Happy-Go-Lucky £238k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
IRON MANA wealthy industrialist builds himself a special suit to battle evil after suffering a life-threatening injury. Comic-book action starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges & Terrence Howard.
MADE OF HONORA man in love with an engaged woman tries to woo her after he's asked to be her maid of honour. Romantic comedy starring Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan & Kevin McKidd.
NIM'S ISLANDA young girl living on a deserted island with her scientist father, communicates with the author of the book she's reading. Family comedy adventure starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster & Gerard Butler.
P2A businesswoman is stalked by a psychopath after being trapped at work on Christmas Eve. Horror starring Rachel Nichols & Wes Bentley
