news - Tue 14 Feb 2012
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The Woman in Black tops UK box office

The Woman in Black

British horror The Woman in Black has claimed the top spot in the UK box office chart after its opening weekend.

The Hammer film, starring Daniel Radcliffe, took £3.1m to top the charts and claim Hammer's best-ever UK opening.

The big-screen return of The Muppets debuted in second place, with an impressive £2.6m debut, while the 3D re-release of Star Wars - Episode 1: The Phantom Menace claimed fourth.

Romantic drama The Vow and last week's chart-topper Chronicle rounded off the chart.

The Top 10 films in the UK are (last week's position in brackets):

1 (-) The Woman in Black - £3,153,020
2 (-) The Muppets - £2,650,664
3 (-) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - £1,528,156
4 (-) The Vow - £1,091,469
5 (1) Chronicle - £1,024,583
6 (2) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - £902,857
7 (3) The Descendants - £743,017
8 (4) War Horse - £580,984
9 (5) Jack and Jill - £521,925
10 (6) Man on a Ledge - £419,979

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