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'Slumdog' beats Cruise to UK top spot

Published Wednesday, Jan 28 2009, 10:48 GMT | By Alex Fletcher
'Slumdog' beats Cruise to UK top spot
Slumdog Millionaire has held off competition from Tom Cruise's Valkyrie to retain the UK box office top spot.

Cruise's World War II drama settles for second, while horror My Bloody Valentine climbs to third.

Will Smith's Seven Pounds slips to fourth and fantasy adventure Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans enters at five. Ron Howard's historical drama Frost/Nixon charts at nine.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) Slumdog Millionaire - £2,806,996
2. (-) Valkyrie - £1,854,195
3. (4) My Bloody Valentine - £1,182,514
4. (2) Seven Pounds - £1,089,129
5. (-) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - £990,285
6. (3) Role Models - £951,449
7. (5) Bride Wars -£950,538
8. (6) Beverly Hills Chihuahua - £918,808
9. (-) Frost/Nixon - £591,411
10. (10) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - £408,315
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