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'Date Movie' takes out competition in UK

Published Tuesday, Feb 28 2006, 14:22 GMT | By Daniel Saney
'Date Movie' takes out competition in UK

'Date Movie' / Twentieth Century Fox

Date Movie dethroned family animation Chicken Little in its first weekend in the UK.

Starring Adam Campbell and Alyson Hannigan, the spoof took £1.29m, whilst Chicken earned £1.23m over the three-day period, bringing its total earnings to £11.04m.

Also opening over the weekend was Lucky Number Slevin, debuting in third place, whilst Oscar-nominated critic-pleaser Capote was left in the cold at the number ten spot.

The top ten in full:
1. (-) Date Movie - £1.29m
2. (1) Chicken Little - £1.23m
3. (-) Lucky Number Slevin - £1.07m
4. (3) Final Destination 3 - £0.97m
5. (2) Big Momma's House 2 - £0.95m
6. (4) Walk The Line - £0.74m
7. (8) Good Night, and Good Luck - £0.41m
8. (7) Zathura - £0.29m
9. (10) Brokeback Mountain - £0.25m
10. (-) Capote - £0.24m
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