Friday 2 May 2008

Box Office Charts: w/e 2 May 2008

Friday 2 May 2008


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 MAN
A 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 HONOR
A 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 ISLAND
A 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.

P2
A businesswoman is stalked by a psychopath after being trapped at work on Christmas Eve. Horror starring Rachel Nichols & Wes Bentley