Movies
'A Christmas Carol' tops UK box office
Published Wednesday, Nov 11 2009, 09:57 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
The performance capture rendition of Charles Dickens's classic festive story pulls in £1.9 million on its opening weekend to knock This Is It from the chart summit.
Pixar's Up is at number three, while new entries The Men Who Stare At Goats and The Fourth Kind round out the top five.
Elsewhere, Jennifer's Body, the Megan Fox horror-comedy penned by Oscar winner Diablo Cody, enters at number seven.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) A Christmas Carol - £1,917,539
2. (1) This Is It - £1,355,855
3. (2) Up - £1,293,662
4. (-) The Men Who Stare At Goats - £1,211,791
5. (-) The Fourth Kind - £851,476
6. (3) Fantastic Mr Fox - £784.233
7. (-) Jennifer's Body - £736,535
8. (4) Saw VI - £345,570
9. (8) An Education - £283,080
10. (6) Couples Retreat - £213,883
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