Ice Age: Revenge Of The Mammoths
In the US: Transformers 2 continues to dominate the box-office at #1, pushing ICE AGE 3 into second place (narrowly), as the animated sequel takes $41m... and Michael Mann's PUBLIC ENEMIES debuts at #3 amongst very mixed reviews for the Johnny Depps-starring true life crime drama...
US TOP 10
(1) 1. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen $42.3m
(-) 2. Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs $41.7m
(-) 3. Public Enemies $25.3m
(2) 4. The Proposal $12.9m
(3) 5. The Hangover $11.3m
(4) 6. Up $6.52m
(5) 7. My Sister's Keeper $5.79m
(7) 8. The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 $2.53m
(6) 9. Year One $2.32m
(9) 10. Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian $2.04m
In the UK: Brits take ICE AGE 3 to our hearts, as the CGI animation comfortably takes #1 with £7m... Johnny Depp's PUBLIC ENEMIES goes straight in at #2 with £2m... and Bollywood movie KAMBAKKHT ISHQ sneaks into the chart to #7...
UK TOP 10
(-) 1. Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs £7.6m
(-) 2. Public Enemies £2.2m
(1) 3. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen £2.2m
(2) 4. The Hangover £1.5m
(4) 5. My Sister's Keeper £762k
(3) 6. Year One £489k
(-) 7. Kambakkht Ishq £299k
(5) 8. Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian £150k
(6) 9. Terminator: Salvation £149k
(10) 10. Sunshine Cleaning £54k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
BRUNO
Docu-comedy. A flamboyant gay Austrian fashionista travels to America to try and become famous.
Director: Larry Charles Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Banagale & Josh Meyers
Tomatometer: 72% (Fresh; based on 119 reviews) "Crude and offensive, but with ample cultural insights and gut-busting laughs, Bruno is another outlandish and entertaining mockumentary from Sacha Baron Cohen."
FIRED UP
Comedy. Two popular high school guys try to become cheerleaders.
Director: Will Gluck Starring: Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, Molly Sims, Danneel Harris, David Walton & AnnaLynne McCord
Tomatometer: 25% (Rotten; based on 93 reviews) "Though not as raunchy or juvenile as the average teen comedy, Fired Up is also not as funny."
THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE
Drama. A woman's much older husband moves to a suburban retirement community and she finds herself heading towards a nervous breakdown.
Director: Rebecca Miller Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively, Mike Binder, Alan Arkin, Winona Ryder, Ryan McDonald, Cornelius West & Maria Bello
Tomatometer: 82% (Fresh; based on 17 reviews)
