UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 8th to Sunday 10th February 2013...
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It was game over for Tom Hooper's Les Misérables this past weekend as Disney's Wreck-It Ralph knocked the acclaimed musical from the top of the box office, with the video game-inspired CG animation banking a solid £4,526,380 to take first place and give Disney its second-highest non-Pixar UK opening behind 2011's fairytale adventure Tangled.
Les Misérables added another £1.64m to push its five-week gross to £33.46m, while the romantic comedy I Give It a Year opened in third with £1,450,023. Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained was the only other release to break seven figures, with the Spaghetti Western homage and Robert Zemeckis' Flightboth dropping two spots apiece to fourth and fifth.
Leading the bottom half of the chart was the third of this week's newcomers Warm Bodies, although a £895,509 debut seems to indicate that audiences prefer vampires to zombies when it comes to undead romances. Meanwhile the only other new release to crack the top ten this week was British filmmaker Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, which opened with £606,817 to finish up in eighth behind Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. Despite falling four places, Ang Lee's Life of Pi continues to show strong sea legs, edging towards the £30m mark in ninth place after eight weekends on screens, while The Impossible also drops four spots to round out the chart in tenth.
Number one this time last year: The Woman in Black
1. Wreck-It Ralph - £4,526,380 weekend (New)
2. Les Misérables - £1,640,857 weekend; £33,456,340 (5 weeks)
3. I Give It a Year - £1,450,023 weekend (New)
4. Django Unchained - £1,073,775 weekend; £12,407,764 (4 weeks)
5. Flight - £925,049 weekend; £3,186,967 (2 weeks)
6. Warm Bodies - £895,509 weekend (New)
7. Lincoln - £809,196 weekend; £5,916,579 (3 weeks)
8. Hitchcock - £606,817 weekend (New)
9. Life of Pi - £462,559 weekend; £28,098,112 (8 weeks)
10. The Impossible - £351,193 weekend; £12,751,395 (5 weeks)
Incoming...
Several new films arrive in cinemas this week, looking to make their mark this Valentine's Day. First up on Wednesday is the supernatural fantasy romance Beautiful Creatures (cert. 12A), while Thursday's offering include the latest Judd Apatow comedy This Is 40 (cert. 15), and - for those couples who prefer explosions to romance - Bruce Willis returns as John McClane for A Good Day to Die Hard (cert. 12A). Meanwhile there's also limited one day re-releases for Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rogue! (cert. 12A) and Romeo + Juliet (cert. 12A), while Friday sees the release of the 3D animation Sammy's Great Escape (cert. U).
Les Misérables added another £1.64m to push its five-week gross to £33.46m, while the romantic comedy I Give It a Year opened in third with £1,450,023. Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained was the only other release to break seven figures, with the Spaghetti Western homage and Robert Zemeckis' Flightboth dropping two spots apiece to fourth and fifth.
Leading the bottom half of the chart was the third of this week's newcomers Warm Bodies, although a £895,509 debut seems to indicate that audiences prefer vampires to zombies when it comes to undead romances. Meanwhile the only other new release to crack the top ten this week was British filmmaker Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, which opened with £606,817 to finish up in eighth behind Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. Despite falling four places, Ang Lee's Life of Pi continues to show strong sea legs, edging towards the £30m mark in ninth place after eight weekends on screens, while The Impossible also drops four spots to round out the chart in tenth.
Number one this time last year: The Woman in Black
1. Wreck-It Ralph - £4,526,380 weekend (New)
2. Les Misérables - £1,640,857 weekend; £33,456,340 (5 weeks)
3. I Give It a Year - £1,450,023 weekend (New)
4. Django Unchained - £1,073,775 weekend; £12,407,764 (4 weeks)
5. Flight - £925,049 weekend; £3,186,967 (2 weeks)
6. Warm Bodies - £895,509 weekend (New)
7. Lincoln - £809,196 weekend; £5,916,579 (3 weeks)
8. Hitchcock - £606,817 weekend (New)
9. Life of Pi - £462,559 weekend; £28,098,112 (8 weeks)
10. The Impossible - £351,193 weekend; £12,751,395 (5 weeks)
Incoming...
Several new films arrive in cinemas this week, looking to make their mark this Valentine's Day. First up on Wednesday is the supernatural fantasy romance Beautiful Creatures (cert. 12A), while Thursday's offering include the latest Judd Apatow comedy This Is 40 (cert. 15), and - for those couples who prefer explosions to romance - Bruce Willis returns as John McClane for A Good Day to Die Hard (cert. 12A). Meanwhile there's also limited one day re-releases for Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rogue! (cert. 12A) and Romeo + Juliet (cert. 12A), while Friday sees the release of the 3D animation Sammy's Great Escape (cert. U).