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'Twilight' takes UK Christmas top spot

Published Wednesday, Dec 24 2008, 15:40 GMT | By Alex Fletcher
'Twilight' takes UK Christmas top spot
Vampire romance Twilight has landed the UK box office top spot.

The cult movie beats DreamWorks' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Vince Vaughn's comedy Four Christmases to the festive number one.

Keanu Reeves's sci-fi project The Day The Earth Stood Still falls to fourth.

Elsewhere, Matthew Broderick's children's animation The Tale Of Despereaux debuts at five.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) Twilight - £2,508,422
2. (2) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - £1,857,592
3. (3) Four Christmases - £1,064,615
4. (1) The Day the Earth Stood Still - £1,006,570
5. (-) The Tale of Despereaux - £560,870
6. (3) Inkheart - £549,990
7. (5) Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - £257,836
8. (7) Changeling - £220,276
9. (8) Quantum Of Solace - £204,142
10. (6) Transporter 3 - £174,470

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