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1. MAMMA MIA
This family fun musical,
starring Meryl Streep,
Colin Firth and Pierce
Brosnan, topped the UK
box office in 2008 with a
staggering
£69,066,035m gross
intake.
HARRY POTTER
The Philosopher's Stone was the first
instalment of the eight fantasy films
that are based on J.K Rowling's novels
of the same name. The film earned an
astonishing £62m in total.
Four other Harry Potter films
including The Chamber of Secrets and
The Prisoner of Azkaban, took in gross
profits ranging from £46.1m to £54m.
CASINO ROYALE
The addition to the James Bond
series, starring, Daniel Craig,
took in an impressive £55m. It
is the highest gross intake a
Bond film has ever taken. The
2008 film A Quantum of
Solace, came just behind
Casino Royale, grossing £50m.
THE FULL MONTY
This outrageous British
comedy, directed by Peter
Cattaneo, pulled in £52.2m
for the UK film industry.
THE KINGS SPEECH
Starring Colin Firth, known as the
most successful independent
British film ever, and was
screened in the UK for five weeks.
It grossed a total of £44m in the
UK and it topped the record for
the highest earning film on an
opening weekend, taking in
£3,510,000 from almost 400
cinemas.
THE INBETWEENERS
This crude but hilarious film
grossed £41,800,00m in the UK
making it the biggest grossing
comedy last year. The film, based on
the TV sitcom of the same name, set
the record for the most successful
opening weekend ever achieved by
a comedy film in the UK.
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY
Bridget Jones, starring Renée
Zellweger, tells the story of one
woman's attempt to lose weight
and decide between Mark Darcy
(Colin Firth) and Daniel Cleaver
(Hugh Grant) as a boyfriend. The
light hearted comedy took in
£41,692,598 in total and its
sequel, The Edge of Reason
grossed £36.9m.
LOVE ACTUALLY
This heart warming Christmas
film was a huge hit in the UK,
reaching a total gross income
of £36.9m. Its ensemble cast
featured top actors including
Keira Knightley, Alan
Rickman, Emma Thompson
and Bill Nighy.
CHICKEN RUN
This animated film flew reached
an astounding £29m gross intake.
The Dreamworks production,
aimed at young children and
families, saw a group of chickens
take flying lessons from a rooster
in order to escape the farm and
save themselves from being made
into pies.
LIFE OF BRIAN
This side splitting classic British comedy
was the fourth highest-grossing film in the
UK in 1979. In has been named as one of
the "greatest comedy films of all time" by
Total Film magazine and The Guardian
newspaper. In addition, it has a 98%
approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as
well as being in IMBD's top 250 movies of
all time. This film seems to get funnier and
funnier every time you watch it, especially
the signature quote, 'He's not the Messiah,
he's a very naughty boy!.'