Box Office Information 15th-17th June 2007

It's like, totally rad dude, as the coolest surfer in town hit our screens on the weekend, riding the crest of a wave to take the top spot. Taking £4.1m on its opening weekend, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (20th Century Fox) beat its predecessor's opening weekend in 2005 (Fantastic Four took £3.5m when it opened). Carrying on from where the prequel left us, the Fantastic Four think life is back to normal after the death of Dr Doom, but on the day of Reed Richards a.k.a Mr Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd ) and Sue Storm a.k.a The Invisible Woman's (Jessica Alba) wedding, they have uninvited guests in the shape of the Silver Surfer and Galactus - both hell-bent of destroying earth. They also discover that their previous arch nemesis Dr Doom (Julian McMahon) is still very much alive, leading us to ask will Mr Fantastic and The Invisible Woman ever get married? Will the Silver Surfer fall off his silver surfboard? And will Ben Grimm a.k.a The Thing ever find clothes to fit him?

All the latest trailers can be viewed in the posts below.

Clooney and Co. are in 2nd place with the Vegastastic Ocean's Thirteen (Warner Bros.), having taken £7m to date, whilst Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (BVI) is in 3rd place having plundered £36.3m, making it the highest grossing film of the year to date.

The holiday season is upon us and if there is ever a warning for not staying at anything less than a 3* hotel, then Vacancy (Sony) is it! Opening in 4th place and taking £566k, Vacancy follows Amy and David Fox (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) who pull into a motel after their car breaks down. Lesson #1 - don't trust a mechanic in a dodgy roadside garage. It is only after viewing a videocassette found in the room however that they soon realise their room is the set for snuff films and they are soon to be the next victims. Lesson #2 - don't trust anyone wearing an off-white vest who 'upgrades' you to the honeymoon suite for free. The rest of the film sees Amy and David forgetting their marital difficulties in order to escape their impending doom. Room service anyone??

The next new entry into the chart is the Bollywood offering Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Yash Raj), which opened in 6th place with £267k. Set in and around London, and opening in Waterloo station, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom is a musical centred around two people on a train who tell each other the story of how they met their fiancees.

French thriller Tell No One (Revolver), based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben, opened in 8th place this weekend with £174k. The story follows the investigation into the death of Dr Alex Beck's wife, which places him under suspicion. On the road to proving his innocence however, he discovers that she may in fact be alive..............

The last new entry into the chart is Sivaji (Ayngaran), which opened in 9th place with £169k (including £37k of previews). The story is one of a man who has made his fortunes in America and returned to India to use his fortunes for the good of those less fortunate than him at home.

Interesting film fact of the day: French director Guillaume Canet (Tell No One) is better known for his role in The Beach as French backpacker Etienne

CSA - 19/06/07