Harry Potter fights for UK box office chart with guinea pigs
By ANIWednesday, August 5, 2009
LONDON - The latest ‘Harry Potter’ flick has once again managed to stay on top of the U.K. box office chart, after fighting off competition from a group of daredevil guinea pigs.
‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ claimed the top place for the third week, taking 2.92 million pounds, while Disney’s G-Force, starring the animated rodents, took 2.48 million pounds in its opening weekend, reports the Daily Express.
John Travolta and Denzel Washington’s latest offering, ‘The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3′, also debuted this week slipping straight in at number three with 1.78 million pounds.
Romantic comedy ‘The Proposal’, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, dropped two places into fourth, taking 1.49 million pounds, while ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ also slipped two places to round out the top five, with 1.14 million pounds.
Two other new entries in the top ten, Will Ferrell’s comedy ‘Land of the Lost’ opened in sixth position and ‘Coco Before Chanel’ debuted at number nine. (ANI)
