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Slumdog Millionaire still top of the UK Box Office

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is still top of the UK box office despite a raft of high profile films opening last Friday. 

A combination of awards season buzz, word of mouth and the fact that it is really good, helped it take £2.8 million over the weekend, which leaves its current UK gross at £10.2 million.

Given that its production budget was just $15, this is very good indeed. And all this despite a terrible UK poster.

Fantasy horror sequel Underworld: Rise of The Lycans opened at five, whilst Oscar contender Frost/Nixon came in at nine.

Best picture nominee Milk made its debut at 14 in limited release.

Here are the top 15 films at the UK box office:

  1. Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe) £2,806,996 / £10,239,371
  2. Valkyrie (Fox) £1,854,195 / £1,854,195
  3. My Bloody Valentine (Lionsgate) £1,182,514 / £3,347,088
  4. Seven Pounds (Sony) 2 £1,089,129 / £3,356,438
  5. Underworld 3 (Entertainment) £990,285 / £990,285
  6. Role Models (Universal) £951,449 / £6,157,336
  7. Bride Wars (Fox) £950,538 / £5,351,888
  8. Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Disney) £918,808 / £2,112,937
  9. Frost/Nixon (Universal) £591,847 / £591,411
  10. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount) £408,315 / £22,323,063
  11. The Wrestler (Optimum) £374,214 / £1,592,098
  12. Milk (Momentum) £336,027 / £336,027
  13. Defiance (Momentum) £331,680 / £3,309,194
  14. Bedtime Stories (Disney) £326,634 / £8,084,449
  15. The Reader (Entertainment) £293,800 / £3,311,282

N.B. Box office numbers for the weekend are followed by the total UK gross.

> Listen to our interview with Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle
> The Times report on Slumdog’s success 

[Box Office Data courtesy of Nielsen EDI]