Marley and Me strode to the top of the UK-box office this week as Watchmen tracked its heavy second week drop off seen in the US. Marley and Me opened with a pretty strong £4.4m, adding to its blockbuster levels achieved in the US. Watchmen racked up GBP1.4m in second with Gran Turino, Slumdog Millionaire and a strong showing for The Young Victoria making up the top five. 

The latter was a good showing, although not surprising given the predilection of people in the UK to see homegrown movies which avoid too much sex and violence. As an addition to that, Bronson, to be reviewed on our podcast this week, came in tenth place amid controversy from the Daily Mail crowd that it glorifies violence, an opinion likely only backed by conjecture from conservative papers and not by actual experience of the film. Although, reading Tookey’s review, you’d have an argument that you can see the film and still not have an educated opinion.

Full charts here.