Musical Mamma Mia earns highest at UK's box office
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By Staff
London
(ANI):
Musical
Mamma
Mia
has
topped
the
UK
box
office,
earning
4.6m
pounds
in
its
opening
weekend.
The
Abba
musical
pushed
newly
released
Wall-E
to
the
second
spot
that
grossed
4.3m
pounds
at
the
weekend,
reports
BBC.
Last
weekend's
number
two,
Hancock
fell
to
the
third
spot
with
the
2.0m
pounds
earnings.
Animation
Kung
Fu
Panda,
voiced
by
US
actor
Jack
Black,
moved
to
the
fourth
place
with
the
1.5m
pounds.
Action
adventure
Journey
To
The
Centre
Of
The
Earth,
starring
Brendan
Fraser
moved
up
two
places
to
number
five,
while
Eddie
Murphy's
Meet
Dave
entered
at
number
six.
Angelina
Jolie
and
James
McAvoy
starrer
'Wanted'
went
down
to
the
eighth
position
from
six.
The
latest
Indiana
Jones
instalment,
The
Kingdom
Of
The
Crystal
Skull,
re-entered
the
top
ten
at
number
nine,
after
nine
weeks
on
release.
And
Jet
Li''s
fantasy
action
Forbidden
Kingdom
moved
down
five
places
to
land
at
number
10.
The
top
ten
at
UK&Ireland
Box
Office
are-:
1.
Mamma
Mia!
-
£4.6m
2.
Wall-E
-
£4.3m
3.
Hancock
-
£2.0m
4.
Kung
Fu
Panda
-
£1.5m
5.
Journey
To
The
Center
Of
The
Earth
-
£581,488
6.
Meet
Dave
-
£579,
865
7.
The
Chronicles
of
Narnia:
Prince
Caspian
-
£463,612
8.
Wanted
-
£425,184
9.
Indiana
Jones
And
The
Kingdom
Of
The
Crystal
Skull
-
£242,215
10.
Forbidden
Kingdom
-
£190,879