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After it's record-breaking, 10,000-strong
premiere held at the O2, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
(Walt Disney Intl.) has taken the 1st place spot on its opening
weekend with £4.1m including previews. The second
book in the series, we see the Pevensie children returning to
Narnia to help Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) in his struggle for
the throne from his corrupt uncle, and although only one year
has passed since their last journey through the wardrobe, it has
been a long 1,300 years in Narnia.
Opening in
2nd place is Russian director Timur Bekmambetov's vision
of Mark Millar's comic book mini-series Wanted (Universal), which
took £3.8m including previews. James McAvoy
stars as anxiety-attack sufferer Wesley Gibson whose life has
no real meaning until he meets Fox (Angelina Jolie) and
he learns who he really is - an assassin within a secret
society called the Fraternity. No ones life can really be
that exciting can it??
Opening in 10th place with £130k
is the Bollywood film Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (Yash Raj)
which promises to be a big hit amongst families. The last
new opening is the French film Female Agents (Revolver), opening
in 12th place with £68k. Directed by Jean-Paul Salome,
it is based on the true story of female resistance fighters during
World War 2.
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