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$0New at the top of the UK video chart this week is the Clint Eastwood directed American Sniper starring Bradley Cooper.
The film was release on 16th January 2015 at Uk cinemas in a flurry of Oscar hype at number 2 to the tune of £2.5 million, but as the hype got greater the film hit the top spot the following week.
In a run lasting 7 weeks the film grossed a very reasonable £13.4 million at the UK box office, in America it took and incredible $350 million making it one of Eastwoods biggest films.
In the UK the film is the 329th highest grossing of all time and worldwide with a gross of $539 million it's the 121st highest grossing.
There was a whole flurry of new releases this week, with almost the whole top 5 changing, last weeks top film, Big Hero 6, fell to number 3 this week.
Other new film then are: Shaun The Sheep Movie at number 2, Ex Machina at number 4, Whiplash at number 5, Forbidden Kingdom at number 14 and The Gambler down at number 18.
Staying put this week, Tak3n makes it 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office despite a challenge from the new Clint Eastwood film.
Liam Neeson has become the action hero of the moment with Taken 3 taking another £3.3 million from the weekend which brings it's total to £12.2 million after 10 days.
The threequel is keeping well in line with the previous film in the series but it already double that of the first films full UK cinema run.
Debuting strong at number 2 is American Sniper which enters the Uk box office with a first weekend gross of £2.5 million, Oscar nomination are boosting it's potential and it could end up one of Eastwood's highest grossing films.
The theory of Everything, Into the Woods and Paddington wound out the top five.
Other new films this week are: Whiplash at 7, Wild at 9, The Merry Widow Met Opera 2015 at 10 and Testament of Youth at 11.
Historical charts
A year ago - The Wolf of Wall Street was the first new number 1 film of the year debuting in the top spot and knocking 12 Years A Slave into second place.
Five years ago - Avatar stayed on top for yet another week and the highest new film was Up In The Air right down at 5.
Ten years ago - Highest new film and new number 1 for the week was Closer which knocked White Noise from the top to number 3.
Fifteen years ago - Sleepy Hollow kept it's hold on the top of the box office where it entered the previous week, Angelas Ashes was the highest new film of the week at 2.
A selection of the 2015 Oscar nomination, to see the full list visit Oscars.com
Here the list of the "main" nominations:
Best Picture
American Sniper - Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Boyhood - The Grand Budapest Hotel - The Imitation Game - Selma - The Theory Of Everything - Whiplash -Best Director
Alejandro G. I��rritu, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Richard Linklater, Boyhood - Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher - Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel - Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game -Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher - Bradley Cooper, American Sniper - Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game - Michael Keaton, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything -Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night - Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything - Julianne Moore, Still Alice - Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl - Reese Witherspoon, Wild -Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood - Laura Dern, Wild - Emma Stone, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Meryl Streep, Into The Woods - Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game -Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge - Ethan Hawke, Boyhood - Edward Norton, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher - JK Simmons, Whiplash -Foreign Language Film
Ida - Leviathan - Tangerines - Timbuktu - Wild Tales -Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper - The Imitation Game - Inherent Vice - The Theory of Everything - Whiplash -Original Screenplay
Boyhood - Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Foxcatcher - The Grand Budapest Hotel - Nightcrawler -Animated Feature
Big Hero 6 - Boxtrolls - How To Train Your Dragon 2 - Song Of The Sea - The Tale Of Princess Kaguya -
Congrats to our nominees for Best Picture. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/qqqaEBIYLn
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Congrats to our nominees for Actor in a Leading Role� #Oscar Noms pic.twitter.com/2nKFbpznrT
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Congrats to our nominees for Actress In A Leading Role. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/u574Slk8ta
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Congrats to our nominees for Directing� #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/9WF1rB3Vh4
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Congrats to our nominees for Actress in a Supporting Role� #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/7jdgttSEWs
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 15, 2015
Congrats to our nominees for Actor In A Supporting Role. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/XgHI4K4ghw
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 15, 2015
Congrats to our nominees for Animated Feature Film. #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/mGTIc16TMX
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 15, 2015Original Screenplay: Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler, Whiplash #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/P4GDq7Cqo5
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Original Screenplay: Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler, Whiplash #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/P4GDq7Cqo5
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Best Film: Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/qfLlzCrtV9
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Best Film: Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/qfLlzCrtV9
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
British Film: '71, The Imitation Game, Paddington, Pride, The Theory of Everything, Under the Skin #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/fFNElttNXk
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Leading Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Keaton, Ralph Fiennes #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/8Wr9MR0ZjU
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Director: Alejandro G. I��rritu, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, James Marsh, Damien Chazelle #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/fbgfy61REg
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Documentary: 20 Feet from Stardom, 20,000 Days on Earth, Citizenfour, Finding Vivian Maier, Virunga #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/8SfEnrv3CS
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Animated Film: Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, The Lego Movie #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/O7DnY8o0v3
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015
Leading Actress: Amy Adams, Felicity Jones, Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon, Rosamund Pike #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/w7O8D5QVKN
— BAFTA (@BAFTA) January 9, 2015I just checked out the new Iron Man 2 trailer, and for a film that I thought was going to be another Iron Man, this is actually looking good.
The first film although fun was basically just another super hero movie that ticked all the right boxes. The inevitable sequel was to follow after the amount of money it made and as always with sequels the ante had to be upped.
Bring in Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow for a bit of glamour and Mickey Rourke as the bad guy and suddenly things are starting to look a whole lot better.
The second trailer for the film shows a lot of promise, Mickey Rourke's Whiplash is quite wonderfully shown off in the trailer and there is just enough of Scarlett Johansson to seriously whet the appetite.
And this is ignoring the fact that there is also glimpses of Samuel L. Jackson which is always enough to make a trailer worth watching.
Check out the trailer at apple.com