Marley and Me

Marley and Me

Comedy Marley and Me has remained at the top of the UK box office for a second week.

The film, which stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson grossed a further £2 million to see it comfortably retain the top spot.

In second place was Paul Blart: Mall Cop, a surprising US box office number one. Starring Kevin James the film follows a a mild-mannered, dutiful family father who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall.

For years, he has applied to become a cop, but he always fails the physics exam due to his overweight.

One day, a gang of organized criminals place the mall under siege and take hostages. Blart becomes trapped inside, and because of his sense of duty, refuses to leave. The top two movie were the only ones to break the £1 million barrier.

Clive Owen and Julia Roberts had to be content with the number three spot for their new film Duplicity while Lesbian Vampire Killer was new at four.

Comic book adaptation Watchmen rounded off the top five dropping three places from number two. Slumdog Millionaire remained inside the top ten, at number seven, after eleven weeks on the chart.

1. Marley and Me - £2,166,270
2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop - £1,289,513
3. Duplicity - £796,244
4. Lesbian Vampire Killers - £648,634
5. Watchmen - £594,510
6. Gran Torino - £484,808
7. Slumdog Millionaire - £416,356
8. The Young Victoria - £387,399
9. Bolt - £201,250
10. Bronson - £161,880


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