UK Box Office: 17 - 19 October 2008
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UK Box Office: 17 - 19 October 2008
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| Weekend 17 Oct - 19 Oct 2008 UK box office | |||||||||
| Rank | Title | Country of Origin | Weekend Gross | Distributor | % change on last week | Weeks on release | Number of cinemas | Site average | Total Gross to date |
| 1 | Burn After Reading | USA/UK | £2,045,565 | Universal | 1 | 396 | £5,166 | £2,045,565 | |
| 2 | Eagle Eye | USA/Ger | £1,096,777 | Paramount | 1 | 362 | £3,030 | £1,096,777 | |
| 3 | Igor | USA/Fra | £981,750 | Momentum | 1,648 | 2 | 418 | £2,349 | £1,110,859 |
| 4 | The House Bunny | USA | £664,306 | Sony Pictures | -28 | 2 | 342 | £1,942 | £1,971,738 |
| 5 | Mirrors | USA/Rom | £585,350 | 20th Century Fox | -30 | 2 | 340 | £1,722 | £1,918,565 |
| 6 | Taken | Fra | £530,578 | 20th Century Fox | -33 | 4 | 334 | £1,589 | £5,525,386 |
| 7 | How to Lose Friends and Alienate People | UK/USA | £442,051 | Paramount | -46 | 3 | 388 | £1,139 | £3,550,581 |
| 8 | Mamma Mia! | UK/USA | £427,658 | Universal | -11 | 15 | 360 | £1,188 | £65,932,575 |
| 9 | City of Ember | UK/USA | £284,899 | Entertainment | -43 | 2 | 365 | £781 | £969,833 |
| 10 | Tropic Thunder | USA/Ger | £273,070 | Paramount | -50 | 5 | 252 | £1,084 | £8,387,745 |
| 11 | The Rocker | USA | £217,745 | 20th Century Fox | 1 | 288 | £756 | £217,745 | |
| 12 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | UK/USA | £199,348 | Disney | -33 | 6 | 181 | £1,101 | £3,739,689 |
| 13 | Gomorrah | Ita | £137,012 | Optimum | -20 | 2 | 44 | £3,114 | £441,810 |
| 14 | Fly Me to the Moon 3-D | Bel/USA | £111,647 | Momentum | -26 | 3 | 74 | £1,509 | £672,986 |
| 15 | I've Loved You So Long | Fra | £73,355 | Lions Gate | -33 | 4 | 38 | £1,930 | £737,805 |
| Total | £8,071,111 | 4,182 | £1,930 | £98,319,659 | |||||
| Other UK films | |||||||||
| 16 | Brideshead Revisited | UK | £72,128 | Disney | -63 | 3 | 99 | £729 | £1,138,809 |
| 21 | The Duchess | UK/Fra | £35,119 | Pathé | -56 | 7 | 53 | £663 | £6,757,333 |
| 22 | Stone of Destiny | UK/Can | £27,829 | Filmworks | -42 | 2 | 36 | £773 | £123,526 |
| 26 | The Dark Knight | UK/USA | £18,600 | Warner Bros | -63 | 13 | 12 | £1,550 | £48,502,237 |
| 32 | Wild Child | UK/USA | £9,966 | Universal | -49 | 10 | 58 | £172 | £5,119,621 |
| 33 | Rocknrolla | UK/USA | £8,857 | Warner Bros | -70 | 7 | 21 | £422 | £5,115,858 |
| 38 | Unrelated | UK | £5,373 | New Wave | 5 | 5 | 5 | £1,075 | £78,702 |
| 41 | Hellboy 2: The Golden Army | UK/USA/Ger | £2,234 | Universal | -49 | 9 | 12 | £186 | £7,483,517 |
| 42 | Sisterhood | UK | £2,205 | Sisterhood Film/Blue Dolphin | 1 | 1 | £2,205 | £2,505 | |
| 45 | Young@heart | UK | £1,640 | Yume | 1 | 4 | £410 | £1,640 | |
| 47 | Man On Wire | UK/USA | £1,456 | Icon | 5 | 12 | 6 | £243 | £849,053 |
| 49 | Bigga than Ben | UK | £1,222 | Swipe Films | -45 | 2 | 1 | £1,222 | £4,816 |
| 53 | Afro-Saxons | UK | £762 | Chocolate Films | 1 | 3 | £254 | £762 | |
| Other openers | |||||||||
| 20 | Karzzzz | Ind | £36,590 | Adlabs | 1 | 33 | £1,109 | £36,590 | |
| 25 | A Film With Me In It | Ire | £21,772 | Parallel Films | 1 | 29 | £751 | £21,772 | |
| 34 | La Zona | Mex | £7,654 | Soda | 1 | 5 | £1,531 | £7,654 | |
| Comments on this week's top 15 results | |||||||||
| Against last weekend: + 29% | |||||||||
| Against last year: - 2% | |||||||||
| Rolling 52 week ranking: 37th | |||||||||
| UK* films in top 15: 4 | |||||||||
| UK* share of top 15 gross: 17% | |||||||||
| * Includes domestic productions and co-productions | |||||||||
| Openers next week - 24 Oct | |||||||||
| Aegan | Ind | ||||||||
| Billo Barber | Ind | ||||||||
| Chocolate | Thai | ||||||||
| Ghost Town | USA | ||||||||
| Heroes | Ind/USA | ||||||||
| High School Musical 3 | USA | ||||||||
| Incendiary | UK | ||||||||
| Outlanders | UK | ||||||||
| Quiet Chaos | Ita/UK | ||||||||
