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Latest UK Box
Office Information
Opening with £2.1m including previews,
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) landed the top spot in the
chart this weekend, having the 9th highest opening of the year
to date. After being dumped by his girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kirsten
Bell), Peter (Jason Segal) takes a vacation to Hawaii to forget
about her. To his surprise however, Sarah is there with her new
boyfriend, rock star Aldous Snow (better known on these shores
as Russell Brand), and despite his attempts to avoid their blossoming
relationship, all manner of things go wrong!
The second new entry this weekend sees Jessica
Alba play a blind violinist who, through a corneal transplant,
miraculously regains her vision. The downside however is that
she also starts to see visions of death, sending her on a journey
to discover whose eye she has been given. Opening in 2nd place,
The Eye (Lionsgate) took £705k including previews.
Scotland's Ewan McGregor and Australia's
Hugh Jackman team up (with American accents) for Deception (Entertainment)
which opened in 7th place with £256k. McGregor plays Jonathan,
a bored accountant who is given a new lease for life by his new
friend Wyatt (Jackman). Having been introduced to a mysterious
sex club known as The List by Wyatt, Jonathan shortly becomes
the number one suspect in a murder investigation and a 20 million
dollar theft.
Star of The Office, Mackenzie Crook, plays
a London Underground tube driver in the next new entry - Three
and Out (Worldwide Bonus Entertainment) - which opened in 12th
place with £189k including previews. Having accidentally
run over two passengers with his train, Paul (Crook) discovers
a loophole at work whereby if three people are killed by your
train in under a month, you lose your job with a lump sum of 10
years' wages. This sets Paul on a mission to find someone willing
to go under his train. Colm Meany, Imelda Staunton and new Bond
girl Gemma Arterton also star.
Bollywood film Tashan (Yash Raj) opened
in 13th place with £182k including previews, and focuses
on four people with very different personalities, each having
their own private motives.
The last new entry into the chart is Persepolis
(Optimum), which opened in 14th place with £159k. France's
submission for Best Foreign Language film at this year's Oscars,
Persepolis is the animated coming-of-age story about a precocious
and outspoken young Iranian girl, beginning during the Islamic
Revolution.
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