'About Time' tops UK box office...

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Richard Curtis' directorial swan song About Time has topped the UK box office charts after its first weekend on release.



The romantic comedy made a total of £1.7 million, narrowly out-stripping the week's other new entry Riddick which brought in £1.4 million.

One Direction: This Is Us fell to third place with £1.1 million following its strong opening.

Michael Bay's Pain & Gain fell to seventh place, while Despicable Me 2 - which remains the highest-grossing film of the year in the UK - regained some ground, moving up a spot from ninth to eighth place.

About Time and Riddick were the only new films to reach the top ten, with Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty debuting with £117,000 and Rooney Mara-starring indie Ain't Them Bodies Saints making just £52,600.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) About Time - £1,761,079
2. (-) Riddick - £1,415,141
3. (1) One Direction: This Is Us - £1,122,137
4. (3) We're The Millers - £918,971
5. (2) Elysium - £776,884
6. (5) Planes - £620,814
7. (4) Pain & Gain - £401,920
8. (9) Despicable Me 2 - £316,278
9. (8) Grown Ups 2 - £314,249
10. (10) Monsters University - £294,762

Source: Rentrak