Movies
The Pixar film's £6.4 million box office haul puts it above Ice Age 3 as the highest animated opener of 2009. Around 60% of Up's ticket sales reportedly came from 3D screens.
Horror-comedy Zombieland opens in second place with £1.2 million, while Invention Of Lying and last week's number one Fame round out the top five.
Elsewhere, Jennifer Aniston's Love Happens and slasher sequel Halloween II are new entries at five and six respectively.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Up - £6,410,836
2. (-) Zombieland - £1,240,984
3. (2) The Invention Of Lying - £1,083,752
4. (1) Fame - £906,877
5. (-) Love Happens - £559,724
6. (-) Halloween II - £522,661
7. (4) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - £359,666
8. (5) Surrogates - £324,779
9. (6) District 9 - £214,396
10. (8) (500) Days Of Summer - £125,762
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