'Syriana' fails to topple 'Date Movie'

Date Movie / Twentieth Century Fox

Political thriller Syriana failed to topple Date Movie at the UK box office last weekend.

Still going strong, Adam Campbell and Alyson Hannigan's spoof stood firm with £1.06m, whilst the thriller, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by George Clooney, opened with £0.86m.

Meanwhile, the week's other new entries were consigned to the lower half of the chart, the next highest debut being The Weather Man in eighth place.

The UK top ten films:

1. (1) Date Movie - £1.06m
2. (-) Syriana - £0.86m
3. (3) Lucky Number Slevin - £0.81m
4. (2) Chicken Little - £0.74m
5. (5) Big Momma's House - £0.63m
6. (4) Final Destination 3 - £0.58m
7. (6) Walk The Line - £0.57m
8. (-) The Weather Man - £0.41m
9. (-) Last Holiday - £0.40m
10. (-) The Matador - £0.34m