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UK Box Office Weekend Report 25th - 27th January 2013: Les Miserable makes it a trio of weeks at the top

UK Box Office Weekend Report 25th - 27th January 2013: Les Miserable makes it a trio of weeks at the top
Les Misérables
It's 3 weeks at the top of the Box Office for Les Miserable this weekend with competition from 2 other Oscar contenders proving not enough to remove it.

A strong 3rd weekend gross of £4 million brings the movies total gross to £24.6 million for the hit musical adaptation.

Lincoln

With Django Unchained staying put at number 2 it meant that highest new film, Lincoln enters the box office at number 3, the Spielberg directed bio-pic of the famous president managed £s;1.7 million on it's debut.

This time last year another Spielberg film was holding firm at the top of the box office, War Horse took just over £2 million over the weekend.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Les Misérables - £4,016,611
  2. Django Unchained - £2,419,846
  3. Lincoln - £1,657,337
  4. Life of Pi - £1,119,570
  5. Zero Dark Thirty - £1,052,845
  6. The Impossible - £1,006,477
  7. Movie 43 - £787,648
  8. Monsters, Inc. - £703,656
  9. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - £623,889
  10. The Last Stand - £538,867
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