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'Earth Stood Still' claims UK top spot

Published Wednesday, Dec 17 2008, 11:36 GMT | By Alex Fletcher
'Earth Stood Still' claims UK top spot
Keanu Reeves's latest sci-fi project The Day The Earth Stood Still has topped the UK box office chart.

Scott Derrickson's remake of the 1951 classic topples DreamWorks' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which falls to second.

Elsewhere, Brendan Fraser's fantasy movie Inkheart debuts at four, while romantic musical Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi charts at five.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) The Day the Earth Stood Still - £2,752,132
2. (1) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - £2,477,743
3. (2) Four Christmases - £1,130,188
4. (-) Inkheart - £700,146
5. (-) Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - £403,842
6. (3) Transporter 3 - £400,066
7. (4) Changeling - £385,417
8. (5) Quantum Of Solace - £328,067
9. (6) Body Of Lies - £90,420
10. (7) Lakeview Terrace - £74,899

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