'Sweeney Todd' storms UK box office

Tim Burton's horror musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has stormed the UK box office chart on its opening weekend.

The movie, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, pushed Alien vs Predator - Requiem into second place.

The only other new entry was In The Valley of Elah, which made its debut at number ten.

The top ten films in full:

1. (-) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - £4,512,422
2. (1) Alien vs Predator: Requiem - £951,479
3. (3) P.S. I Love You - £921,548
4. (2) No Country for Old Men - £825,848
5. (6) St. Trinian's - £674,336
6. (4) I Am Legend - £645,826
7. (7) Alvin And The Chipmunks - £610,975
8. (5) Charlie Wilson's War - £494,639
9. (8) Enchanted - £451,162
10. (-) In The Valley of Elah - £344,190