Music/Videogame Sales and the US/UK Box Office: 11th October 2011

Hello! A week has gone by and so it's time to go over the UK and US Box Office Top 10, as well as the UK's Top 10 Best-Selling Videogames and Music Singles.

UK Box Office Top 10:

This week sees spy-spoof-sequel Johnny English Reborn come straight in at No. 1, followed somewhat closely by re-release of Disney musical The Lion King.
The number 1 of the past three weeks, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy slips down to No. 3. Meanwhile this weeks other two new entries are Guillermo Del Toro's horror, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark at No. 5 and Midnight in Paris at No. 6.



1. (-) Johnny English Reborn - £4,965,000
2. (-) The Lion King 3D - £2,746,763
3. (1) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - £1,066,742
4. (2) Abduction - £512,630
5. (-) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - £495,734
6. (-) Midnight in Paris - £495,709
7. (4) Crazy, Stupid, Love - £367,723
8. (8) Drive - £304,163
9. (7) The Inbetweeners - £285,264
10. (5) The Debt - £278,060

US Box Office Top 10:

If you still think a robot boxing film is a ridiculous idea then think again as Real Steel comes in at No. 1 and with $27.3 million it gets the title highest boxing movie debut ever, beating Rocky IV's previous record of $20 million. It's also the second-highest opening for a sports drama, just behind The Blind Side with $34.1 million.
Other new entry, The Ides of March comes in at No. 2, (though with quite a gap between Real Steel), with just $10.5 million.
Last week's No. 1, Dolphin Tale, falls to No. 3.
And we'd just like to note that while it may be at No. 7 now, The Lion King re-release has raked in a huge $86 million in the US alone. And with a strong UK debut it looks to be one of the highest grossing films of the year.


1. Real Steel - $27.3 million
2. The Ides of March - $10.5 million
3. Dolphin Tale - $9.13 million
4. Moneyball - $7.45 million
5. 50/50 - $5.65 million
6. Courageous - $4.87 million
7. The Lion King - $4.6 million
8. Dream House - $4.48 million
9. What's Your Number - $3.13 million
10. Contagion - $2.94 million

 UK Best-Selling Videogames Top 10 (All-Formats/All-Prices):

We have to admit we were surprised to see FIFA 12 keep the top spot, despite highly anticipated shooter Rage coming out - but nevertheless that's what happened. We were also surprised to see punishing action title Dark Souls have such a high entry, especially after we featured it in the post we called "13 Games that won't Sell this Christmas." Is it possible that we were wrong!? Resistance 3 also climbs back into the top 10 after being at No. 13 last week. Honorable mention goes to NBA 2K12 which misses the top 10, but comes in at No. 12.

1. (1) FIFA 12
2. (-) Rage
3. (-) Dark Souls
4. (2) Gears of War 3
5. (3) F1 2011
6. (4) Zumba Fitness
7. (5) Dead Island
8. (6) Deus Ex: Human Revolution
9. (9) Lego Pirates of the Carribean
10. (13) Resistance 3

								UK Best-Selling Music Singles: Rihanna's team-up with Calvin Harris comes straight in at No. 1, knocking last weeks No. 1, "Loca People" by Sak Noel down 2 to No. 3. LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" also climbs 13 places to enter the top 10 at No. 7. 1. Rihanna - We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) 2. Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera) 3. Sak Noel - Loca People 4. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful 5. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 6. Dappy - No Regrets 7. LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It 8. James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go 9. Jason Derulo - It Girl 10. Bad Meets Evil - Lighters (feat. Bruno Mars)
								So those our the figures for this week. Comment your thoughts and we'll see you next week!

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