Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events is Regretfully No 1 at the UK Box Office

Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events is Regretfully No 1 at the UK Box Office

LONDON, December 20/PRNewswire/ -- Despite several warnings not to watch this most unpleasant film,
DreamWorks Pictures' and Paramount Pictures' LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS starring Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning,
Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer and
Meryl Streep shot to the top of the UK box office this weekend, grossing a
fantastic GBP2,210,979 across 452 screens throughout the UK & Ireland.



Jim Carrey stars as Count Olaf, a wily villain with clever disguises and
outrageous schemes, who is bent on swindling the Baudelaire orphans out of
their family fortune. Featuring the unique blend of intelligence, irony and
irreverence that readers of all ages have discovered in Lemony Snicket's
best-selling books.



Lemony Snicket's books were the first to knock the HARRY POTTER series
out of the New York Times children's best-seller list. With rave reviews from
the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and the UK's The Times, The Sunday
Times, The Independent, The Guardian and The Observer, over 3 million copies
of the first eleven Lemony Snicket books have sold since 2001 in the UK. All
Lemony Snicket books currently on the market have landed on the New York
Times children's best-seller list.



The film 'LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS' is based on
the first three books: 'The Bad Beginning', 'The Reptile Room' and 'The Wide
Window'.



LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS is directed by Brad
Silberling from a screenplay by Robert Gordon based on the books by Lemony
Snicket, the film is produced by Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes and Jim
Van Wyck, and executive-produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Sonnenfeld, Julia
Pistor and Albie Hecht.



LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS is distributed in the UK
and Ireland through United International Pictures.



For images from the film: Please take a look on www.image.net



Source: United International Pictures (UK)

For further information please contact: Angharad Thomas - UIP Press Office T: +44(0)20-7534-5207/ e-mail: angharad_thomas@uip.co.uk


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