Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again at Number 1 for 3rd week on Official Film Chart and XMAS All-time Best-Sellers Announced
Top 10 best-selling festive films on disc of all time announced – Love, Actually tops the list
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again returns for a third week atop the Official Film Chart after once again dancing ahead of the competition. Last week’s highest new entry The Meg swims up four places to follow at Number 2, following its release on disc.
This week’s highest new entry at Number 3 is The Equalizer 2, the action-packed Denzel Washington sequel which sees him reprise his role as a retired CIA operative now working a regular day job, while moonlighting as a vigilante. After a long-time friend is murdered, he sets off across the globe on a mission to avenge her.
Debuting at Number 4 this week is heart-warming family film Christopher Robin, starring Ewan McGregor as the titular character. Robin returns to the Hundred-Acre Wood as an adult after bumping into his old friend Winnie The Pooh.
The biggest film of the year so far, The Greatest Showman, is at Number 5, Mission: Impossible – Fallout drops to Number 6, Ant-Man And The Wasp settles at Number 7, and The Grinch steals the Number 8 position.
Finally, previous Film Chart Number 1 Incredibles 2 swoops down one place to Number 9, ahead of the third new entry on this week’s chart, WWI documentary They Shall Not Grow Old, at Number 10.
The Official Film Chart is unveiled each Wednesday and is the subject of a Top 10 Official Film Chart online show, published on OfficialCharts and available for media syndication. The show counts down the top 10 biggest selling movies on disc and download of the week and also includes bonus “coming soon” content for film lovers.
This week’s Official Film Chart online show features an exclusive deleted scene from Idris Elba’s Yardie which is available on DVD and Blu-ray on Boxing Day.
The chart - the result of a partnership between the Official Charts Company, the British Association for Screen Entertainment and incorporating data from retailer members of the Entertainment Retailers Association - is published on OfficialCharts.com every Wednesday at noon and counts movie downloads from services including Amazon, iTunes, Sky Store, Virgin Media Store, Rakuten TV, Talk Talk TV, as well as 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD disc sales from all high street and online retailers.
Love Actually named Biggest Selling Festive Feature Film on Disc of all time
As Christmas approaches, Official Charts is unveiling the best-selling festive feature film of all time on disc (DVD and Blu-ray) and the crown goes to Love, Actually, which has sold more than 3.5 million copies since its release in 2004. The Richard Curtis classic is a star-studded affair following the lives of eight different couples in a frantic month before Christmas including Hugh Grant as the UK’s Prime Minister.
The top animated Christmas film, The Polar Express, sits at Number 2 and is followed by two films that are still selling well today; The Grinch (currently at Number 8 in this week’s Official Film Chart) and Elf. The oldest film on the Top 10 list, landing at 7, is 1946’s It’s a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart, and is also the only title in the list in black and white.
Rounding off the top 10 is the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street (8), Santa Claus: The Movie (9) and Macaulay Culkin gets left Home Alone at 10.
The Official Film Chart – 19 Dec 2018
| LW | Pos | Title |
| 1 | 1 | MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN |
| 6 | 2 | THE MEG |
| NEW | 3 | THE EQUALIZER 2 |
| NEW | 4 | CHRISTOPHER ROBIN |
| 4 | 5 | THE GREATEST SHOWMAN |
| 3 | 6 | MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT |
| 2 | 7 | ANT-MAN AND THE WASP |
| 7 | 8 | THE GRINCH |
| 8 | 9 | INCREDIBLES 2 |
| NEW | 10 | THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD |
© Official Charts Company. Chart shows the Official Film Chart for the week ending 15th December 2018
Biggest Selling Festive Films on Disc
| Pos | Title |
| 1 | LOVE, ACTUALLY |
| 2 | THE POLAR EXPRESS |
| 3 | ELF |
| 4 | THE GRINCH |
| 5 | THE HOLIDAY |
| 6 | THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS |
| 7 | IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE |
| 8 | MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1994) |
| 9 | SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE |
| 10 | HOME ALONE |
© Official Charts Company. Chart shows the biggest selling Christmas DVDs and Blu-rays up to week ending 8th December 2018
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