Friday, 18 July 2008

Box Office Charts: w/e 18 July 2008

Friday, 18 July 2008


In the US: Guillermo Del Toro's well-reviewed Hellboy sequel grabs a sizeable audience to take #1... 3-D family adventure Journey To The Centre Of The Earth performs adequately, but only manages #3... and Eddie Murphy's latest comedy is a total stinker, struggling in at #7 with a paltry $5m!

US TOP 10

(-) 1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army $34.5m
(1) 2. Hancock $32.1m
(-) 3. Journey To The Center Of The Earth $21m
(2) 4. WALL•E $18.8m
(3) 5. Wanted $12m
(4) 6. Get Smart $7.2m
(-) 7. Meet Dave $5.25m
(5) 8. Kung Fu Panda $4.41m
(6) 9. The Incredible Hulk $2.32m
(8) 10. Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl $2.3m



In the UK: Everyone goes ABBA-solutely crazy for Mamma Mia!, ensuring it's #1 with a huge £6.5m... Journey To The Center of The Earth doesn't break the £1m barrier, in at #4... and there isn't much love for the Jet Li/Jackie Chan team-up in Forbidden Kingdom, debuting at #6...

UK TOP 10

(-) 1. Mamma Mia! £6.5m
(1) 2. Hancock £3.6m
(2) 3. Kung Fu Panda £2.8m
(-) 4. Journey To The Center Of The Earth £953k
(3) 5. The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian £935k
(-) 6. The Forbidden Kingdom £672k
(4) 7. Wanted £669k
(5) 8. Sex & The City £138k
(7) 9. Adulthood £88k
(8) 10. The Mist £87k


UK RELEASES THIS WEEK

CITY OF MEN
Two friends living in the middle of a city's drug war turn 18 and discover things about their fathers that shatters their bond. Crime drama sequel starring Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen & Rodrigo dos Santos.

DONKEY PUNCH
Seven nightclub revellers continue their part aboard a luxury yacht, until one of them dies and the others argue about what to do. Thriller starring Jaime Winstone, Robert Boulter, Sian Breckin & Tom Burke.

MEET DAVE
A crew of miniature aliens arrive on Earth in a spaceship that resembles a human called Dave, to save their planet. Sci-fi comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan & Ed Helms.

PUFFBALL
A young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated, mysterious valley to build a house, and supernatural forces are unleashed when her child is born. Fantasy thriller starring Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham & Oscar Pearce.

WALL•E
In the distant future, after an ecological disaster, a waste-collecting robot left behind to clear up the planet falls in love with a reconnaissance droid. Animated comedy adventure from director Andrew Stanton.