UK Box Office 18 - 20 January 2013

Despite the snowy conditions across the country the strength of the films currently on release was more than enough to tempt people into the warmth of the cinema. Les Misérables was once again the top film easing 46% to £4.4m and a very healthy cume of £17.4m. That’s already more than the entire run of Chicago (£16.4m) and closing in on Moulin Rouge’s final total of £18.5m. The highest new entry, in second spot was Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained with £2.8m. That’s a bit lower than Inglourious Basterds’ £3.6m debut but the adverse weather conditions wouldn’t have helped. Kill Bill Vol. 2 also opened with £2.8m in 2004.

Life of Pi 3D was in third spot after experiencing a 49% drop to £1.2m. It has now grossed £24.1m, which would have placed it tenth on the Top 10 highest grossing films of 2012. In fourth place, The Impossible continued to perform strongly with a further £1.1m taking its cume to an impressive £9.1m. Gangster Squad rounded out the Top 5 with £792k for a cume of £3.9m. The only other new entry in the Top 10 was the 3D re-release of one of Pixar’s best-loved films, Monsters, Inc. 3D - £681k is a solid start and very close to Beauty and the Beast 3D’s £685k debut last May.

Across the pond it was a big weekend for Jessica Chastain as she was the star in the top two films. In first place, supernatural horror Mama exceeded all expectations with a $28.4m opening and an audience that was 61% female and 63% under the age of 25. In second place, Zero Dark Thirty fell 35% to $15.8m and now has a cume of $56.9m. After 10 weeks on release, Silver Linings Playbook made it up to third place with $10.8m and a cume of $54.7m. Gangster Squad fell 49% to $8.6m in fourth spot and after 11 days, the movie has grossed $33.2m. The top five was completed by new entry Broken City with $8.3m.

Source: Rentrak EDI