The film directed by Tom Hooper and also starring Geoffrey Rush has already won multiple awards and is being tipped for many more during the busy January/February awards season and Oscar glory is expected.
Also new this week is Oscar winner Danny Boyle's new film 127 Hours, a true story of a climber who gets stuck while climbing which stars James Franco in an almost solo performance, and again is tipped for award glory this season, 127 Hours takes £ 2,168,570 this weekend.
Falling from is festive position at the top, Little Fockers which drops to 3rd place this week with £ 1,798,677 bringing it's total gross in the UK to £ 15,282,292.
Jack Blacks Gullivers Travels falls to 4th this week, taking £ 1,554,266 and bringing it's total gross to £ 10,881,583.
Last new entry on the top five this weekend is the Russell Crowe starring The Next Three Days, a disappointing opening for the film, although it still managed to take over a million for the weekend with £1,046,333.
This years top 5, although good is down on last years top 5 where Avatar was still taking incredible weekend grosses as was the runner up film Sherlock Holmes.
