The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has toppled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 from the top of the UK box office.
Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the third movie in the Narnia franchise, the first since Prince Caspian in the summer of 2008, and is currently the number one movie on either side of the Atlantic.
This time around it’s Michael Apted in the director’s chair as Ben Barnes returns as Caspian and Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes are back as Lucy and Edmund.
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader.
Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.
The movie took £2.4 million this weekend to take the top spot and end Harry Potter’s three week reign.
The movie took £2.4 million this weekend to take the top spot
The first part of the final instalment dropped to number two while the Tourist was the second new entry inside the top three as it opened at three.
The movie sees Johnny Depp team up with Angelina Jolie and it grossed £1.3 million. Megamind fell two places to number four while Unstoppable also fell two to round off the top five.
There was also a two place drop for Due Date and Monsters as they ended the week at six and seven. Sofia Coppola is back in the director’s chair with her new movie Somewhere, which opened at eight.
No Problem was a fourth and final new entry as it opened at nine and The American is the biggest faller as t dropped four places from six to ten.
1. (-) The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader - £2,460,118
2. (1) Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - £1,905,368
3. (-) The Tourist - £1,341,143
4. (2) Megamind - £1,205,320
5. (3) Unstoppable - £406,882
6. (4) Due Date - £192,311
7. (5) Monsters - £154,743
8. (-) Somewhere - £125,581
9. (-) No Problem - £114,652
10. (6) The American - £109,084
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