"Burn After Reading" Sets Fire to UK Box Office

In it's UK opening weekend, Burn After Reading which stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, etc., and is a Coen Brothers film, shot straight to the Number 1 spot on the UK and Ireland Box Office chart.

It moved over the other two new releases of the week, Eagle Eye and Igor, almost doubling the amount made by it's closest contender Eagle Eye, and moving last weeks Number 1 film, House Bunny to the Number 4 position.

When Burn After Reading opened in the US, it also claimed the Number 1 position on the US Box Office Charts in it's opening weekend (September 12, 2008). The film remained in the Top Ten for the first five weeks of US release. It has now grossed over 57 million dollars in the US.

Here's a look at the Top Ten UK box office:

1. Burn After Reading - £2.04 million

2. Eagle Eye - £1.1 million

3. Igor - £981,750

4. The House Bunny - £664,306

5. Mirrors - £585,350

6. Taken - £530,578

7. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People - £442,051

8. Mamma Mia! - £427,658

9. City of Ember - £284,899

10. Tropic Thunder - £273,070