With the festive season well on its way, The Grinch (2018) is back on top of the Official Film Chart thanks to strong digital download sales.
The animated version of Dr Seuss’ classic story How The Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, lifts four places to earn a fifth non-consecutive week at Number 1, and its first in 2024.
As a result, Gladiator drops one place to Number 2, finishing just ahead of this week’s biggest film of the week on physical formats, Deadpool & Wolverine at Number 3.
Sci-Fi thriller Alien: Romulus finishes at Number 4, ahead of the technicolour musical classic The Wizard of Oz (5), which fans are revisiting following the release of Wicked in cinemas last week. It marks The Wizard of Oz’s first entrance into the Top 10 and only its third week inside the Official Film Chart Top 40.
Dreamworks’ latest, The Wild Robot, dropped three places on last week (6), staying ahead of Dune: Part Two (7) and Despicable Me 4 (8).
Our second festive entry of the week comes from Elf, rising four places to Number 9 to earn it an eighth consecutive year featuring in the Top 10. To date, Elf has spent six non-consecutive weeks at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart.
Finally, Blake Lively drama It Ends With Us flies back up 17 places to land back at Number 10, its fifth total week in the Top 10.
The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 4th December 2024
| LW | Pos | Title | Label |
| 5 | 1 | THE GRINCH (ANIMATED) | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 1 | 2 | GLADIATOR | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 4 | 3 | DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE | MARVEL FILMS |
| 2 | 4 | ALIEN ROMULUS | 20TH CENTURY FOX HE |
| 12 | 5 | THE WIZARD OF OZ | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 3 | 6 | THE WILD ROBOT | DREAMWORKS ANIMATION |
| 8 | 7 | DUNE – PT 2 | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 7 | 8 | DESPICABLE ME 4 | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 13 | 9 | ELF | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 27 | 10 | IT ENDS WITH US | SONY PICTURES HE |
© Official Charts Company 2024
VIEW THE FULL TOP 40 – https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/film-chart/
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
