{"id":4633,"date":"2009-01-27T14:54:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T14:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=4633"},"modified":"2009-01-27T14:55:16","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T14:55:16","slug":"slumdog-millionaire-still-top-of-the-uk-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/01\/27\/slumdog-millionaire-still-top-of-the-uk-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Slumdog Millionaire still top of the UK Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Slumdog<\/a><\/p>\n

Slumdog Millionaire<\/a><\/strong> is still top of the UK box office despite a raft of high profile films opening last Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A combination of awards season buzz, word of mouth and the fact that it is really good, helped it take \u00a32.8 million over the weekend, which leaves its current UK gross at \u00a310.2 million.<\/p>\n

Given that its production budget was just $15, this is very good indeed. And all this despite a terrible UK poster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fantasy horror sequel Underworld: Rise of The Lycans<\/strong> opened at five, whilst Oscar contender Frost\/Nixon<\/strong> came in at nine.<\/p>\n

Best picture nominee Milk<\/strong> made its debut at 14 in limited release.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 15 films at the UK box office:<\/p>\n

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  1. Slumdog Millionaire<\/strong> <\/span>(Pathe) <\/span>\u00a32,806,996 <\/span>\/\u00a0\u00a310,239,371<\/li>\n
  2. Valkyrie<\/strong>\u00a0(Fox) <\/span>\u00a31,854,195 <\/span>\/\u00a0\u00a31,854,195<\/li>\n
  3. My Bloody Valentine<\/strong> <\/span>(Lionsgate) <\/span>\u00a31,182,514 \/ <\/span>\u00a33,347,088<\/li>\n
  4. Seven Pounds<\/strong> <\/span>(Sony) <\/span>2 <\/span>\u00a31,089,129 \/ <\/span>\u00a33,356,438<\/li>\n
  5. Underworld 3<\/strong> <\/span>(Entertainment) <\/span>\u00a3990,285 \/ <\/span>\u00a3990,285<\/li>\n
  6. Role Models<\/strong> <\/span>(Universal) <\/span>\u00a3951,449 \/ <\/span>\u00a36,157,336<\/li>\n
  7. Bride Wars<\/strong>\u00a0(Fox)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a3950,538 \/ <\/span>\u00a35,351,888<\/li>\n
  8. Beverly Hills Chihuahua<\/strong> <\/span>(Disney) <\/span>\u00a3918,808 \/ <\/span>\u00a32,112,937<\/li>\n
  9. Frost\/Nixon<\/strong> <\/span>(Universal)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a3591,847 \/ <\/span>\u00a3591,411<\/li>\n
  10. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<\/strong> <\/span>(Paramount) <\/span>\u00a3408,315 \/ <\/span>\u00a322,323,063<\/li>\n
  11. The Wrestler<\/strong> <\/span>(Optimum) <\/span>\u00a3374,214 \/ <\/span>\u00a31,592,098<\/li>\n
  12. Milk<\/strong> <\/span>(Momentum)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a3336,027 \/ <\/span>\u00a3336,027<\/li>\n
  13. Defiance<\/strong> <\/span>(Momentum) <\/span>\u00a3331,680 \/ <\/span>\u00a33,309,194<\/li>\n
  14. Bedtime Stories<\/strong> <\/span>(Disney)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a3326,634 \/ <\/span>\u00a38,084,449<\/li>\n
  15. The Reader<\/strong> <\/span>(Entertainment) <\/span>\u00a3293,800 \/ <\/span>\u00a33,311,282<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    N.B. Box office numbers for the weekend are followed by the total UK gross.<\/p>\n

    [Box Office Data courtesy of\u00a0Nielsen EDI]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Slumdog Millionaire is still top of the UK box office despite a raft of high profile films opening last Friday.\u00a0 A combination of awards season buzz, word of mouth and the fact that it is really good, helped it take \u00a32.8 million over the weekend, which leaves its current UK gross at \u00a310.2 million. Given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2],"tags":[466,463],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

    > Listen to our interview with Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle
    \n<\/a>>     The Times report on Slumdog’s success<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n