UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th - Sunday 18th November 2012...
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After three fantastic weeks atop the UK box office, it was inevitable that Skyfall's reign would come to an end this past weekend as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (read our reviews here and here) arrived in cinemas, bringing the curtain down on the lucrative vampire romance series with a franchise high of £15,850,825. This was also the second-biggest opening weekend of 2012 behind 007's latest adventure (£20.2m), besting the likes of The Avengers (£15.8m), The Dark Knight Rises (£14.3m) and The Amazing Spider-Man (£11m).
Despite slipping to second, Skyfallpulled in another £5.57m (a record fourth weekend figure) to take its current gross to £82.8m, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (£73.1m), Toy Story 3 (£73.9m) and Titanic (80.1m) to become the second-biggest film of all-time here in the UK; Bond now looks set to take aim at the number one spot, which is held by Avatar on£94m. Meanwhile Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted also slipped one place to third, crossing the £20m mark in its fifth weekend on screens.
Apart from Breaking Dawn - Part 2, three other newcomers debuted in the top ten in the trio of Bollywood offerings Jab Tak Hai Jaan (in fourth with £893,953), Son of Sardaar (eighth with £214,296) and Thuppakki (tenth with £134,280). Elsewhere, Argodropped two spots to fifth ahead of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, which marked its arrival in the top ten with a sixth-placed finish after expanding to cinemas nationwide. Hotel Transylvania followed in seventh, while Taken 2 finally fell from the top half of the chart, the action sequel slipping to ninth and now looking about ready for the count after pulling in a solid £23m+ during its run.
Number one this time last year: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, £15,850,825 weekend (New)
2. Skyfall, £5,566,537 weekend; £82,836,559 total (4 weeks)
3. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, £966,116 weekend; £20,631,608 total (5 weeks)
4. Jab Tak Hai Jaan, £893,953 weekend (New)
5. Argo, £807,457 weekend; £2,828,888 total (2 weeks)
6. The Master, £372,360 weekend; £553,521 total (3 weeks)
7. Hotel Transylvania, £233,959 weekend; £7,580,744 total (6 weeks)
8. Son of Sardaar, £214,296 weekend (New)
9. Taken 2, £136,495 weekend; £23,335,974 total (7 weeks)
10. Thuppakki, £134,280 weekend (New)
Incoming...
There's no excuse for staying at home and playing on PartyCasino.com this week with plenty of new releases hitting UK cinemas; David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook (cert. 15) [review here] and Michael Hoffman's Gambit (cert. 12A) open on Wednesday, while Friday's newcomers include police thriller End of Watch (cert. 15) [review here] and festive comedy Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (cert. U), along with re-releases for David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (cert. PG) and the anime classic Ninja Scroll (cert. 18).![]()
Despite slipping to second, Skyfallpulled in another £5.57m (a record fourth weekend figure) to take its current gross to £82.8m, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (£73.1m), Toy Story 3 (£73.9m) and Titanic (80.1m) to become the second-biggest film of all-time here in the UK; Bond now looks set to take aim at the number one spot, which is held by Avatar on£94m. Meanwhile Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted also slipped one place to third, crossing the £20m mark in its fifth weekend on screens.
Apart from Breaking Dawn - Part 2, three other newcomers debuted in the top ten in the trio of Bollywood offerings Jab Tak Hai Jaan (in fourth with £893,953), Son of Sardaar (eighth with £214,296) and Thuppakki (tenth with £134,280). Elsewhere, Argodropped two spots to fifth ahead of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, which marked its arrival in the top ten with a sixth-placed finish after expanding to cinemas nationwide. Hotel Transylvania followed in seventh, while Taken 2 finally fell from the top half of the chart, the action sequel slipping to ninth and now looking about ready for the count after pulling in a solid £23m+ during its run.
Number one this time last year: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, £15,850,825 weekend (New)
2. Skyfall, £5,566,537 weekend; £82,836,559 total (4 weeks)
3. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, £966,116 weekend; £20,631,608 total (5 weeks)
4. Jab Tak Hai Jaan, £893,953 weekend (New)
5. Argo, £807,457 weekend; £2,828,888 total (2 weeks)
6. The Master, £372,360 weekend; £553,521 total (3 weeks)
7. Hotel Transylvania, £233,959 weekend; £7,580,744 total (6 weeks)
8. Son of Sardaar, £214,296 weekend (New)
9. Taken 2, £136,495 weekend; £23,335,974 total (7 weeks)
10. Thuppakki, £134,280 weekend (New)
Incoming...
There's no excuse for staying at home and playing on PartyCasino.com this week with plenty of new releases hitting UK cinemas; David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook (cert. 15) [review here] and Michael Hoffman's Gambit (cert. 12A) open on Wednesday, while Friday's newcomers include police thriller End of Watch (cert. 15) [review here] and festive comedy Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (cert. U), along with re-releases for David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (cert. PG) and the anime classic Ninja Scroll (cert. 18).
