Over the past few years it seems Halloween hasn't been complete without a new Saw film hitting screens and this year is no different, with the seventh installment Saw 3D making its debut at the top of the UK chart with £3.6m including Thursday previews. Saw 3D opens to more than double that of its predecessor Saw VI and with a similar return in North America - Saw 3D's opening weekend is just under $1.5m shy of Saw VI's lifetime haul - you'd expect that promised last entry to quickly be forgotten. Illumination Entertainment must be rather pleased with the performance of Despicable Me, which holds onto second place this week and is now the highest-earner in the chart with a three-week gross of £15m. Meanwhile last week's number one Paranormal Activity 2 slips two places to third, with Bruce Willis action flick Red and Facebook drama The Social Network falling one spot each to fourth and fifth respectively.
Along with Saw 3d, two other new faces make an appearance in the chart this week. First up is the Simon Pegg black comedy Burke and Hare from director John Landis, which takes sixth place with £942k, followed by comedy-drama The Kids Are All Right in ninth with £411k. Sandwiched between the newcomers are CG-animations Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and Alpha and Omega, while Twilight spoof Vampires Suck rounds out the chart in tenth.
Number one this time last year: Michael Jackson's This Is It
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saw 3D | £3,600,083 | 1 | £3,600,083 |
| 2 | Despicable Me | £2,581,073 | 3 | £15,069,277 |
| 3 | Paranormal Activity 2 | £1,845,337 | 2 | £8,298,602 |
| 4 | Red | £1,184,344 | 2 | £4,340,958 |
| 5 | The Social Network | £1,070,411 | 3 | £7,868,168 |
| 6 | Burke and Hare | £942,894 | 1 | £942,894 |
| 7 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | £502,951 | 2 | £2,183,353 |
| 8 | Alpha and Omega | £458,812 | 2 | £2,007,219 |
| 9 | The Kids Are All Right | £411,960 | 1 | £411,960 |
| 10 | Vampires Suck | £313,911 | 3 | £2,990,692 |
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Legendary British horror studio Hammer Films returns to screens this coming Friday with vampire thriller Let Me In (cert. 15), which is of course a remake of the acclaimed Swedish horror Let The Right One In (2008).
Meanwhile if you're a little warn out after Halloween and want something a little lighter you could opt for Todd Phillips' new comedy Due Date (cert. 15) or Jackass 3D (cert. 18), and if it's a good bit of British drama you're after there's always Another Year (cert. 12A) from director Mike Leigh.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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