Transformers: Autoboxoffice vs. Receipticons
In the US: The reviews have been beyond terrible, but cinemagoers flocked to see TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, helping it to a remarkable $109m... Cameron Diaz weepy MY SISTER'S KEEPER underperforms with $12m to take #5... and Sam Mendes' latest movie, AWAY WE GO, limps in with a pitiful $1.7m...
US TOP 10
(-) 1. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen $109m
(1) 2. The Proposal $18.6m
(2) 3. The Hangover $17m
(3) 4. Up $13.1m
(-) 5. My Sister's Keeper $12.4m
(4) 6. Year One $6.02m
(5) 7. The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 $5.45m
(7) 8. Star Trek $3.71m
(6) 9. Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian $3.64m
(-) 10. Away We Go $1.71m
In the UK: Transformers 2 retains the #1 spot for its second week, meaning new release YEAR ONE has to settle for #3 after some poor reviews and fails to break the £1m barrier... Cameron Diaz's MY SISTER'S KEEPER does okay business to debut at #4... BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE only makes £232k to grab the #7 spot, which is to be expected given such invisible marketing... Bollywood movie NEW YORK sneaks in at #9... and there's tragic news for the indie drama SUNSHINE CLEANING, which only scrapes in at #10...
UK TOP 10
(1) 1. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen £4.3m
(2) 2. The Hangover £1.9m
(-) 3. Year One £978k
(-) 4. My Sister's Keeper £922k
(3) 5. Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian £492k
(4) 6. Terminator Salvation £424k
(-) 7. Blood: The Last Vampire £232k
(5) 8. Angels & Demons £166k
(-) 9. New York £157k
(-) 10. Sunshine Cleaning £125k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS
Animated adventure. Ice Age 1 and 2, with dinosaurs now.
Directors: Carlos Saldanha & Mike Thurmeier Voices: Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, Bill Hader, Karen Disher, John Leguizamo & Joey King
Tomatometer: 46% (Rotten; based on 116 reviews) "The third Ice Age film has some excellent animation, but its story is tired and monotonous."
PUBLIC ENEMIES
Crime drama. The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Director: Michael Mann Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, David Wenham, Stephen Dorff, James Russo, Jason Clarke & Christian Stolte
Tomatometer: 63% (Fresh; based on 170 reviews) "Michael Mann's latest is a competent and technically impressive gangster flick with charismatic lead performances, but some may find the film lacks truly compelling drama."
