Vizeum Cinema Update

Opening with £2.1m including previews, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) landed the top spot in the chart this weekend, having the 9th highest opening of the year to date. After being dumped by his girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kirsten Bell), Peter (Jason Segal) takes a vacation to Hawaii to forget about her. To his surprise however, Sarah is there with her new boyfriend, rock star Aldous Snow (better known on these shores as Russell Brand), and despite his attempts to avoid their blossoming relationship, all manner of things go wrong!

The second new entry this weekend sees Jessica Alba play a blind violinist who, through a corneal transplant, miraculously regains her vision. The downside however is that she also starts to see visions of death, sending her on a journey to discover whose eye she has been given. Opening in 2nd place, The Eye (Lionsgate) took £705k including previews. Scotland's Ewan McGregor and Australia's Hugh Jackman team up (with American accents) for Deception (Entertainment) which opened in 7th place with £256k. McGregor plays Jonathan, a bored accountant who is given a new lease for life by his new friend Wyatt (Jackman). Having been introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by Wyatt, Jonathan shortly becomes the number one suspect in a murder investigation and a 20 million dollar theft. Star of The Office, Mackenzie Crook, plays a London Underground tube driver in the next new entry - Three and Out (Worldwide Bonus Entertainment) - which opened in 12th place with £189k including previews. Having accidentally run over two passengers with his train, Paul (Crook) discovers a loophole at work whereby if three people are killed by your train in under a month, you lose your job with a lump sum of 10 years' wages. This sets Paul on a mission to find someone willing to go under his train. Colm Meany, Imelda Staunton and new Bond girl Gemma Arterton also star. Bollywood film Tashan (Yash Raj) opened in 13th place with £182k including previews, and focuses on four people with very different personalities, each having their own private motives. The last new entry into the chart is Persepolis (Optimum), which opened in 14th place with £159k. France's submission for Best Foreign Language film at this year's Oscars, Persepolis is the animated coming-of-age story about a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl, beginning during the Islamic Revolution.

UK TOP 10 Box Office (25th - 27th April 08):

Forgetting Sarah Marshall £2,144,038
The Eye £704,655
21 £547,865
Fool's Gold £476,244
In Bruges £408,109
Son of Rambow £278,529
Deception £255,958
Street Kings £250,634
The Spiderwick Chronicles £238,362
Happy-Go-Lucky £238,099
Source: Nielsen EDi

Interesting film fact of the week:

For the English version of the film Persepolis, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop and Catherine Deneuve lent their voices however they were all uncredited.

Exciting film news of the week:

For all you Hobbit fans out there, it has been confirmed this week that Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro will be directing the prequel to the Lord of the Rings films - The Hobbit. In addition to this news is that Sir Ian McKellan will be returning as Gandalf and Andy Serkis will be returning as Gollum.
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Source: www.carltonscreen.co.uk