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There were 5 new releases entering the UK top ten this week. While Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and The Hangover retained the top 2 places, the highest placed of the newcomers was Year One, in the no. 3 slot. This Harold Ramis comedy teams Jack Black and Michael Cera as two Neanderthals who run into many of the better known biblical characters on their travels. It grossed £978,008 from 521 screens on release, taking an average of £8,384 per screen.
| UK box office Weekend 26 June - 28 June 2009 |
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| Title | Weekend |
Total | |
| 1 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
£4,368,024 | £16,485,053 |
| 2 | The Hangover | £1,910,025 | £11,192,716 |
| 3 | Year One | £978,008 |
£978,008 |
| 4 | My Sister's Keeper |
£922,947 |
£922,947 |
| 5 | Night at the Museum 2 |
£492,990 |
£19,002,278 |
| 6 | Terminator Salvation | £424,277 |
£13,597,757 |
| 7 | Blood: The Last Vampire | £232,190 | £232,190 |
| 8 | Angels and Demons |
£166,253 | £18,302,597 |
| 9 | New York |
£157,524 | £157,524 |
| 10 | Sunshine Cleaning |
£125,795 | £125,795 |
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