MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL Rockets To The Top Of The UK Box Office

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL Rockets To The Top Of The UK Box Office

Following its success in the US, we now have the impressive UK figures for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol which stars Tom Cruise and The Avengers' Jeremy Renner.

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By JoshWilding - Jan 03, 2012 12:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Digital Spy



Digital Spy reports that Brad Bird's Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol has shot straight to the top of the UK box office, while The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo opened strong and Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows continued to perform admirably. In circumstances similar to its US release, Ghost Protocol was previewed early in select IMAX theatres from December 21st onwards before being released nationwide on the 26th. Here are the figures in full courtesy of the site.

1. (-) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol - £8,188,209
2. (-) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - £4,325,594
3. (2) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - £2,546,529
4. (3) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - £1,451,331
5. (4) Puss in Boots - £1,366,975
6. (5) New Year's Eve - £736,024
7. (1) Arthur Christmas - £302,006
8. (7) Hugo - £244,283
9. (8) Happy Feet Two - £221,804
10. (6) Don 2 - £189,669

You can read more details on Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol's US success by clicking HERE.


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WolvieCBM
WolvieCBM - 1/3/2012, 12:47 PM
Nice! Really liked the film.
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 1/3/2012, 12:49 PM
Aw [frick] yeah! Alvin and the Shitmunks should be lower -_-
RidiculousFanBoyDemands
RidiculousFanBoyDemands - 1/3/2012, 12:51 PM
It was a lot of fun. Nothing to special plot wise, but I was entertained from start to finish which is becoming more and more rare these days at the movies.

I have no problem with Cruise either. Besides his mental break down in 05 he has been alright. He hasn't made any terrible flicks, which is all you can ask from an actor.
RunDTC
RunDTC - 1/3/2012, 1:00 PM
saw it yesterday and it was awesome! my favorite part was Paula Patton in the green dress. YUM!
Fantine
Fantine - 1/3/2012, 1:05 PM
Dragon Tattoo needs more credit, best film I saw all year, Rooney Mara deserves the Oscar for that OUTSTANDING preformance.
headlopper
headlopper - 1/3/2012, 1:07 PM
Sherlock Holmes ISN'T #1 IN THE UK?!
WHAT???

You Brits DO know the character's British right?

C'mon guys! Where's your national pride!

Skrew this Yank nut-job!
LMB10
LMB10 - 1/3/2012, 1:11 PM
Was awesome. Favourite film of the year.
Ric
Ric - 1/3/2012, 1:30 PM
have to see M:I:4
sarahsatire
sarahsatire - 1/3/2012, 1:33 PM
@headlopper Hear, hear! Something must be done about this outrage!

Take their tea and biscuits away until they've learned their lesson!
headlopper
headlopper - 1/3/2012, 1:41 PM
@sarahsatire - Sarcasm...LOVE IT!
batmanrises
batmanrises - 1/3/2012, 2:03 PM
Lol @ Sherlock not being #1 in the UK....

This movie was dope. Can't be mad at anything that makes Tom Cruise out to be a bad ass...
Checkmate
Checkmate - 1/3/2012, 2:52 PM
@RunDTC Agreed!
pro346
pro346 - 1/3/2012, 3:02 PM
sherlock holmes went to number 1 at the box office in the uk but if you look at the list you will notice it has been out for 2 weeks already!!!!
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 1/3/2012, 3:04 PM
I think this movie was awesome. Tom Cruise seems to not have aged a day he looks the same as he did in the 3rd movie. The scene when Ethan climbed the building was intense.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 1/3/2012, 3:04 PM
My girlfriend and I were both disappointed in it. Very mundane after the beginning and no real surprises. Too many similarities to the original for my taste including Renner's suspension scenes to Cruise's suspension scene in the first. It just didn't seem overly new and creative to me.

"He hasn't made any terrible flicks, which is all you can ask from an actor."

Knight and Day and Lion for Lambs weren't terrible flicks?
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 1/3/2012, 3:50 PM
I hope there's at least one more M:I movie produced by Bad Robot to complete a trilogy. I marginally liked the first movie, hated the second, but thought the series hit its stride with M:I 3. It's sort of the reverse of my opinion of the ALIEN series, where I'd rather forget the last two entries.
dahamma
dahamma - 1/3/2012, 4:25 PM
Paula Patton was just....OMG too FINE. She so fine it hurt to look at her sometimes!
dcbat
dcbat - 1/3/2012, 8:20 PM
enjoyed it but last one was better
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 1/3/2012, 8:33 PM
ckal@ It was okay, but neither of us were "wowed" like most of the people posting seem to have been. It just seemed all to familiar to both of us. Tom Cruise just is one of those people that annoys me and that doesn't help. To each their own.
RunDTC
RunDTC - 1/3/2012, 9:03 PM
I went with friends. when Paula Patton came out in that green dress, it went about like this....
dahamma
dahamma - 1/3/2012, 9:29 PM
@ckal good point hollywood should make movies like this. As in just raw entertainment, everything doesn't have to be a deep sob story.
vonstallin
vonstallin - 1/3/2012, 9:52 PM
what was the us box office take for MI4?
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