Hits & Misses: IRON MAN 2 rules
IRON MAN 2 reigned supreme in the UK this weekend for Paramount and Marvel comic book fans.
The draw of talking forest animals and the ‘star power’ of Brendan Fraser proved lacking for FURRY VENGEANCE previews this Bank Holiday weekend as the family comedy failed to pull in audiences and scored poor results at the UK box office. In the States, FURRY opened dismally and lost out to HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3D (now in its sixth week).
DATE NIGHT (wk 4) and THE BACK-UP PLAN (wk 2) continue to hold up well at the US box office while Freddy Krueger returned with stellar figures in the latest instalment of the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise.
Miley Cyrus (daughter of Billy Ray), graduated from HANNAH MONTANA to THE LAST SONG and croaked her way to a rather disappointing fourth place pleasing Tweenies and KGOY’s (Kids growing older younger) alike. Watch out for the little belter in the remake of the French comedy LOL (Laughing Out Loud).
| UK – OPENING | B.O. Position | Prints | Weekend Total + Bank Holiday Mon | Weekend & Bank Hol Mon Sc Av |
| Iron Man 2 | 1 | 518 | 8,725,350 | 16,962 |
| The Last Song | 4 | 330 | 957,232 | 2,924 |
| Furry Vengeance – Previews | 5 | 423 | 892,335 | 2,267 |
| UK – STILL PERFORMING | B.O. Positon (wk) | Prints | Weekend Total + Bank Holiday Mon | Weekend & Ban Hol Mon Sc Av |
| How To Train Your Dragon – 3D (£11,390,897) | 2 (5) | 305 | 1,082,725 | 3,664 |
| Date Night (£2,859,417) | 3 (2) | 402 | 1,023,431 | 2,570 |
| Dear John (£4,831,149) | 6 (3) | 413 | 812,168 | 2,005 |
| Clash of The Titans – 3D (£14,965,114) | 7 (5) | 284 | 763,999 | 2,771 |
| The Ghost (£3,123,104) | 8 (3) | 310 | 709,937 | 2,437 |
| Nanny McPhee (£15,844,302) | 9 (6) | 453 | 601,606 | 1,434 |
| Kick-Ass (£11,121,274) | 10 (5) | 327 | 532,814 | 1,700 |
| US & CANADA – OPENING | B.O. Position | Prints | B. H. Weekend Total | B.H. Weekend Sc Av |
| Nightmare on Elm Street | 1 | 3,332 | 33,477,162 | 10,972 |
| Furry Vengeance | 5 | 2,997 | 6,483,884 | 2,327 |
