Movies
'Fame' lands in UK box office top spot
Published Tuesday, Sep 29 2009, 16:11 BST | By Simon Reynolds
The musical drama, which follows a group of celeb hopefuls at a New York talent school, knocks Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs from the chart summit.
Bruce Willis's Surrogates bows at number three, while District 9 and new release The Soloist round out the top five.
Elsewhere, Gamer slips down six places and Paul Bettany's Charles Darwin film debuts at ten.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Fame - £2,408,242
2. (1) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - £1,402,854
3. (-) Surrogates - £961,271
4. (2) District 9 - £558,959
5. (-) The Soloist - £373,151
6. (4) (500) Days Of Summer - £337,538
7. (5) The Final Destination - £325,326
8. (6) Dorian Gray - £233,639
9. (3) Gamer - £209,805
10. (-) Creation - £199,477
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