Zac vs Monsters vs Aliens
In the US: Zac Efron's starpower is clearly much stronger in his native US, where 17 AGAIN rockets to #1 with a decent $23m... forcing the US remake of British mini-series STATE OF PLAY into second place with a disappointing $14m... and there's bad news for Jason Statham, as CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE doesn't find much of an audience, limping in at #6 just shy of $7m...
US TOP 10
(-) 1. 17 Again $23.7m
(-) 2. State Of Play $14.1m
(1) 3. Hannah Montana: The Movie $13.4m
(3) 4. Monsters vs Aliens $13.2m
(2) 5. Fast & Furious $11.8m
(-) 6. Crank: High Voltage $6.96m
(4) 7. Observe & Report $4.17m
(5) 8. Knowing $3.57m
(6) 9. I Love You, Man $3.33m
(7) 10. The Haunting In Connecticut $3.11m
In the UK: Monsters vs Aliens regains the top spot from Fast & Furious after a week... new "bromance" release I LOVE YOU, MAN with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel scrapes past £1m to take #4... Jason Statham's native land have a similar reaction to CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE, as it only manages £55k to debut at #5... and political comedy IN THE LOOP gets off to a bad start, straight in at #8. Did anyone even know it was out last week?
UK TOP 10
(2) 1. Monsters vs Aliens £2.05m
(1) 2. Fast & Furious £1.9m
(3) 3. 17 Again £1.7m
(-) 4. I Love You, Man £1.1m
(-) 5. Crank: High Voltage £554k
(4) 6. The Boat That Rocked £498k
(6) 7. Race To Witch Mountain £469k
(-) 8. In The Loop £468k
(5) 9. Knowing £312k
(7) 10. Marley & Me £304k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
OBSERVE & REPORT
Comedy-drama. A bi-polar mall cop goes to extreme measures to thwart a flasher on the premises he protects.
Director: Jody Hill Starring: Seth Rogen, Ray Liotta & Anna Faris
Tomatometer: 53% (Fresh; based on 160 reviews) "Though it has a mean streak, and does not cater to all tastes, Observe and Report has gut-busting laughs and a fully committed Seth Rogen in irresistible form."
OUTLANDER
Sci-Fi Action. A man from another planet crash-lands on Earth during the reign of the Vikings and has to join forces with a tribe to recapture a monster he was transporting.
Director: Howard McCain Starring: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, John Hurt, Ron Perlman & Cliff Saunders.
Tomatometer: 33% (Rotten; based on 48 reviews) "Schizophrenic in subject and lackluster in execution, Outlander might have trouble finding the cult audience for which it was built."
THE UNINVITED
Horror-drama. A woman returns home to look after her sister, after being released from a mental hospital, and realizes a ghost has taken residence.
Directors: Charles Guard & Thomas Guard Starring: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Stratham, Elizabeth Banks & Maya Massar
Tomatometer: 32% (Rotten; based on 115 reviews) "The Uninvited is moody and reasonably involving, but suffers from predictable plot twists."
