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UK Box Office: 1 - 3 January 2010

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UK Box Office: 1 - 3 January 2010 UK Box Office: 1 - 3 January 2010 :

  Weekend 1 January - 3 January 2010 UK box office                        
Rank Title Country of Origin Weekend Gross Distributor % change on last week Weeks on release Number of cinemas Site average Total Gross to date          
1 Avatar USA £5,940,479 20th Century Fox 55 3 493 £12,050 £32,815,618          
2 Sherlock Holmes USA £3,439,616 Warner Bros 12 2 484 £7,107 £12,021,730          
3 Alvin And The Chipmunks II USA £2,457,029 20th Century Fox -54 2 489 £5,025 £12,594,410          
4 Did You Hear About The Morgans USA £1,155,060 Sony Pictures 0 1 399 £2,895 £1,155,060          
5 Nine UK/USA/Ita £780,255 Entertainment 190 3 384 £2,032 £1,653,547          
6 St. Trinian's 2 UK £671,480 Entertainment 54 3 416 £1,614 £5,575,787          
7 3 Idiots Ind £331,166 Adlabs Films -24 2 53 £6,248 £1,115,530          
8 Nowhere Boy UK £235,782 Icon 59 2 176 £1,340 £749,053          
9 The Twilight Saga: New Moon USA £215,681 E1 Films 66 7 194 £1,112 £26,888,092          
10 Planet 51 UK/Spa/USA £163,542 Entertainment 99 5 327 £500 £4,277,237          
11 Law Abiding Citizen USA £155,380 Paramount 57 6 148 £1,050 £6,123,282          
12 Where The Wild Things Are USA £115,900 Warner Bros 32 4 238 £487 £2,646,965          
13 A Christmas Carol USA £101,292 Disney -23 9 255 £397 £20,107,127          
14 Nativity UK £93,089 E1 Films -4 6 262 £355 £5,124,202          
15 Paranormal Activity USA £84,626 Icon 3 6 166 £510 £9,935,165          
  Total   £15,940,377       4,484 £3,555 £142,782,805          
                             
                             
  Other UK films                          
16 Fantastic Mr. Fox UK/USA £43,319 20th Century Fox 740 11 201 £216 £8,895,849          
26 An Education UK £9,051 E1 Films 148 10 9 £1,006 £1,963,477          
29 Bright Star UK/Aus/Fra £5,278 Warner Bros 115 9 7 £754 £1,021,160          
32 Me and Orson Welles UK/USA £3,880 Warner Bros 58 5 12 £323 £426,500          
34 Harry Brown UK £3,301 Lions Gate 44 8 8 £413 £4,538,615          
36 Glorious 39 UK £2,742 Momentum 20 7 8 £343 £244,441          
42 The Descent: Part 2 UK £1,371 Warner Bros 13 5 2 £686 £674,301          
43 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus UK/Fra/Can £1,334 Lions Gate 215 12 2 £667 £3,920,843          
44 The Red Shoes (re) UK £1,068 Park Circus -71 4 3 £356 £75,144          
50 Cracks UK/Ire £657 Optimum 28 5 3 £219 £93,414          
51 The Queen Of Spades UK £602 ICO/Optimum -77 2 1 £602 £8,168          
53 Unmade Beds UK £263 Soda -20 4 1 £263 £13,268      
56 Bunny and the Bull UK £154 Optimum 90 6 2 £77 £83,048      
60 Fish Tank UK £20 Artificial Eye -82 17 1 £20 £596,852      
                         
                         
  Other openers                      
19 Spread USA £31,447 Optimum 0 1 39 £806 £31,447      
21 Tokyo Story Jap £13,377 BFI 0 1 5 £2,675 £13,377      
23 Post Grad USA £12,486 20th Century Fox 0 1 35 £357 £12,486      
31 I'm Gonna Explode Mex £4,300 Artificial Eye 0 1 10 £430 £4,300      
                         
                         
  Comments on this week's top 15 results                    
  Against last weekend: +12%                      
                         
  Against last year: +25%                      
                    
  Rolling 52 week ranking: 4th                 
                    
  UK* films in top 15: 5                 
                    
  UK* share of top 15 gross: 12%                 
                    
  * Includes domestic productions and co-productions               
  Excluding previews the takings for Alvin And The Chipmunks II have increased by 83%; excluding previews takings for 3 Idiots have increased by 5%  
                    
                    
  Openers next week - 8 January 2010                 
  Sex And Drugs And Rock n' Roll UK Entertainment             
  The Road USA Icon             
  Daybreakers USA/Aus Lions Gate             
  It's Complicated USA Universal             
 Dulha Mil Gaya Ind B4U Network             
 Exam UK Hazeldine             
 Fireball Thailand Premiere             
 Mitti Ind Eros             
 Mugabe And The White African UK Dogwoof             
 Treeless Mountain USA/SKor Soda