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'Eclipse' breaks records at UK box office

Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:36 pm

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has smashed the 2010 opening weekend record at the UK box office.
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The vampire romance, starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, took in £13 million to best Alice In Wonderland's £10 million debut from March.

Eclipse's total is also ahead of the last Twilight film, New Moon, which earned £11 million in ticket sales last year on its first weekend on release.

Shrek Forever After falls to second place, the Adrien Brody-led Predators is a new entry at number three and comedies Get Him To The Greek and Killers round out the top five.

Elsewhere, two Bollywood films make appearances in the chart. I Hate Luv Stories falls to number eight and new release Milenge Milenge bows at ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - £13,756,653
2. (1) Shrek Forever After - £4,591,105
3. (-) Predators - £2,203,193
4. (2) Get Him To The Greek - £610,705
5. (3) Killers - £157,615
6. (4) Sex And The City 2 - £107,884
7. (6) Heartbreaker - £84,417
8. (5) I Hate Luv Stories - £78,353
9. (7) Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time - £48,268
10. (-) Milenge Milenge - £48,172
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