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UK video chart analysis 21st September: Pompeii burns it's way to the top

UK video chart analysis 21st September: Pompeii burns it's way to the top
Pompeii
Out selling everything else on the home video front in the UK this week is the historical drama Pompeii which replaces Bad Neighbours at the top.

Pompeii hit UK cinemas on 2nd May this years and on it's debut weekend of release hit number 3 on the box office with £1.1 million, it was the highest new film of that week though.

The film only stayed on the chart for 3 weeks falling to 5 then 8 before leaving, it gross a total of £2.6 million in the UK.

Last weeks top film, the previously mentioned Bad Neighbours, fall to second place after a single week at the top.

Other new films this week are - Sabotage at 3 - The Two Faces of January at 10 - Wolf Creek 2 at 11 - Check out the full UK video charts on 25thframe.co.uk

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