It's official - London loves 'Volver'

Not even 'Little Man' can knock Pedro Almodóvar from the top spot.

Sep  5 2006

Pedro Almodóvar's 'Volver' continued to dominate at London cinemas over the weekend, taking £171,168 from 20 screens, just £20,000 less than last week's total.

The minor drop-off suggests that word-of-mouth is good, so expect the marvellous comedy drama to hang around near the top of the chart for a while yet.

Unfortunately, the same could also be said about the dire Owen Wilson vehicle 'You, Me & Dupree', which inexplicably hung onto the number two spot, though whoever is spreading positive word on this one really needs to stop. Now.

Then it's new entry central, with political thriller 'The Sentinel' coming straight in at three, the preposterous 'Little Man' joining the party at four, the pointless 'Wicker Man' remake debuting at five and horror flick 'Adrift' setting sail at six.

Below those, it seems that you've had it with those motherfecking snakes in your motherfecking cinemas, as the cult smash drops from three to eight, while 'Superman Returns' heroically held onto the tenth position, in spite of the fact that the film is only screening in two cinemas.

Next week, it's all about the 'Little Miss Sunshine'/'Volver' battle that will doubtless be raging in cinemas the length and breadth of the capital.

 

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