UK Box Office Information 20th - 22nd June 08

Having smashed his way into 1st place on opening weekend last week, The Incredible Hulk (Universal) has managed to hold on to the top spot for a second week, taking £6.3m to date. Still the highest grossing film of the year, Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Paramount) is in 2 place, with £37.8m, whilst those sassy New York gals have put Sex and The City (Entertainment) in 3rd place with £23.1m).

2006s acclaimed film Kidulthood highlighted what life is like for teenagers in 21st century West London and its sequel, Adulthood (Pathe) takes us back there, six years on. Opening in 4th place with £1.2m, Adulthood follows the life of the main protagonist Sam (Noel Clarke), 24 hours after his release from prison for killing Trife. He comes to realise however that life on the outside isn't much better than on the inside as he's pursued by those who haven't forgiven him for his actions some years ago.

Opening in 7th place with £236k is not your average "date movie"! Teeth (Momentum) follows Dawn (Jess Weixler) - your average teenager, promoting chastity amongst those in her school and at church. What makes her unusual however is that she suffers from a shark-tooth lined (my work email blocks the word but it starts with a v and ends in an a!), which means that there are some unlucky times for those men in her life who are a bit too forceful with her. Harking back to the B-movies of the 50s, Teeth certainly has that extra bit of bite!!

Opening the Edinburgh Film Festival and in the West End only, John Maybury's The Edge of Love (Lionsgate) opened in 9th place with £181k. Based around the life of Welsh post Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) during WW2, the film examines the relationship between him, his wife Caitlin (Sienna Miller), his childhood love Vera (Keira Knightley) and her soldier husband William (Cillian Murphy).

The last new entry into the chart is The Ruins (Paramount), which opened in 10th place with £124k. Following a group of friends backpacking around Mexico, their vacation takes a turn for the worse when they stumble across an archeological ruin in the jungle which holds something very evil within it. As they say, never stray off the tourist track!

Interesting Film Fact of the week:

The screenplay for The Edge of Love was written by Sharman MacDonald (that's Keira's mum to you and me!). Also, Sienna Miller took over the role of Caitlin after Lindsey "Li-Lo" Lohan dropped out.


Exciting film news of the week:

Continuing the theme of Sienna Miller, it has been announced that she has joined the cast of Nottingham - Ridley Scott's revisionist tale of Robin Hood - as none other than Maid Marion. With Russell Crowe already signed on to possibly play the Sheriff of Nottingham, and a release date of Q4 '09, we can expect the cast list to swell from here on.

Source: CSA
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