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Taking £6.9m in its first three days, the remake knocked last week's number one, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, down to second place, with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire also slipping a place to third.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) King Kong - £6.9m
2. (1) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - £4.8m
3. (2) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - £1.0m
4. (3) Flightplan - £0.26m
5. (-) The Family Stone - £0.25m
6. (-) Lassie - £0.13m
7. (9) March of the Penguins - £0.13m
8. (-) The Polar Express - £0.09m
9. (-) Bluff Master - £0.09m
10. (8) The Constant Gardener - £0.08m
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