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Fantastic Four take US top spot

Published Wednesday, Jul 13 2005, 11:19 BST | By Daniel Saney
Fantastic Four has entered the U.S. box office chart at the top spot.

Displacing former chart-topper War of the Worlds, the comic book adaptation took $56.1m (£31.8m) in its first weekend, whilst Spielberg’s movie took $30.5m (£17.3m), bringing its total gross to $165m (£93.4m).

In third place this week was Batman Begins with $10m (£5.7m), followed by new entry Dark Water with $9.9m (£5.6m) .

The top ten in full:
1. (-) Fantastic Four - $56.1m (£31.8m)
2. (1) War of the Worlds - $30.5m (£17.3m)
3. (2) Batman Begins - $10m (£5.7m)
4. (-) Dark Water - $9.9m (£5.6m)
5. (3) Mr. & Mrs. Smith - $7.9m (£4.5m)
6. (5) Herbie: Fully Loaded - $6.1m (£3.5m)
7. (4) Bewitched - $5.9m (£3.3m)
8. (6) Madagascar - $4m (£2.3m)
9. (7) Rebound - $3m (£1.7m)
10. (8) Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - $2.6m (£1.5m)

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