Movies
'Ugly Truth' beats 'GI Joe' at UK box office
Published Wednesday, Aug 12 2009, 10:15 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
Katherine Heigl's battle of the sexes comedy pips Paramount's action movie by a narrow margin to emerge as the number one film over the weekend.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which has now grossed more than £44 million in the UK alone, falls to third place, while talking guinea pig movie G-Force and The Proposal complete the top five.
Elsewhere, horror film Orphan opens at number eight.
1. (-) The Ugly Truth - £1,976,043
2. (-) GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra - £1,708,760
3. (1) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - £1,349,113
4. (2) G-Force - £1223,891
5. (4) The Proposal - £755,242
6. (3) The Taking Of Pelham 123 - £661,334
7. (5) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - £612,570
8. (-) Orphan - £570,146
9. (8) The Hangover - £279,531
10. (9) Coco Before Chanel - £249,732
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