Fighting its way to the top spot in its opening weekend was The Expendables which grossed an impressive £3.9m (including previews) in the UK. This marks the biggest opening result ever for both Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone, beating Rocky Balboa's £3.6m opening. The Expendables has also beaten recent action-flick The A-Team which grossed £3.6m in its opening weekend.

In the US, the story was also about The Expendables which held on to the top spot for the second week in a row. The action film has grossed an estimated $64.9m to date in the States. Fans online have created a wide variety of infographics about the film’s actor’s fighting prowess, artist Stephen Wildish’ bodycount graphic caught our eye:

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Another new release at the weekend was Angelina Jolie’s latest film, Salt. Taking £2.2m in the UK, the film has now grossed $216.3m globally.

Angelina is not content with just making millions at the box office, according to The Guardian newspaper this week, the actress is planning to direct a self-penned tale of a Bosnian woman who falls in love with a Serbian man during the war in the region in the early 1990s.

The yet-untitled film has a budget of £10m and will use actors from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Staying strictly behind the camera, The Guardian reports Angelina will start the project in the Autumn.

The internet was abuzz on Saturday with news of a pre-screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 in Chicago. Reports turned out to be true, and some lucky fans posted their reviews afterwards online. According to fans, the CGI wasn't completely finished, it had a stand-in score and its runtime was 150 minutes, but the response was overwhelmingly positive despite any issues they may have had with the first cut of the movie.

On sites including www.tv.com, fans described the film as "beyond excellent", "an amazing treatment" and “a fantastic movie..."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is due out in the UK in November.

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