http://www.screenrush.co.uk/films/box-office/
UK opening weekend box office returns for LMI:
number 8 at £488,402 ($787,430)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog ... s-3d-sales
Top 10 films
1. Due Date £2,346,089 from 449 sites (New)
2. Jackass 3D £1,696,909 from 373 sites (New)
3. Despicable Me £1,177,507 from 516 sites. Total: £16,863,318
4. Saw 3D £1,068,403 from 370 sites. Total: £6,408,080
5. Paranormal Activity 2 £687,747 from 403 sites. Total: £9,876,254
6. Red, £595,362 from 407 sites. Total: £5,553,877
7. The Social Network £541,763 from 387 sites. Total: £9,029,931
8. Let Me in, £488,402 from 363 sites (New)
9. Another Year £355,626 from 105 sites (New)
10. Burke and Hare £333,637 from 374 sites. Total: £1,740,715
The perils of remaking foreign-language films are suggested by a poor debut for Let Me in, from Cloverfield director Matt Reeves. Remakes of foreign films work best when the original remains relatively obscure, which was hardly the case with Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One in (£1.10m at the UK box office). One method of achieving a different scale of film with a US remake is through the addition of A-list movie stars (Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in Vanilla Sky, for example), but that was hardly an option in this instance, due to the young age of the two main characters. Despite strong reviews for Let Me in, entirely merited, the film debuted with £488,000 from 363 screens, including £61,000 in previews, for a weak £1,345 average. This compares with Let the Right One in's opening salvo of £224,000, including £21,000 in previews, from just 68 screens back in April 2009
In fairness to Icon, the UK distributor of Let Me in, the opening here is pretty much in line with the film's US debut of $5.15m a month ago. That number, of course, was also a disappointment
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