Ben Stiller comedy Heartbreak Kid fails to knock sports comedy The Game Plan off the top spot, settling for #2... fantasy adventure The Seeker becomes a turkey, taking just $3m at #5... while Mr Woodcock and The Brave One cling on at the bottom.
US TOP 10
1. The Game Plan $16.6m
2. The Heartbreak Kid $14m
3. The Kingdom $9.72m
4. Resident Evil: Extinction $4.52m
5. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising $3.75m
6. Good Luck Chuck $3.66m
7. 3:10 To Yuma $3.22m
8. Feel The Noise $3.19m
9. Mr Woodcock $2.33m
10. The Brave One $2.32m
Ben Stiller comedy Heartbreak Kid takes #1 in the UK... with action-drama The Kingdom coming in second... meaning Simon Pegg comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run finally runs out of breath and drops to #3... but there's continuing stamina for awful Adam Sandler comedy Chuck And Larry at #5... while early Halloween takes a mammoth drop from #2 to #8... George Clooney's latest, Michael Clayton, languishes at #9... and Joy Division biopic Control debuts at a disastrous #10.
UK TOP 10
1. The Heartbreak Kid £1.2m
2. The Kingdom £919k
3. Run, Fat Boy, Run £724k
4. Atonement £560k
5. I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry £509k
6. Superbad £471k
7. Mr Woodcock £348k
8. Halloween £341k
9. Michael Clayton £323k
10. Control £252k
UK RELEASES THIS WEEK
BLACK SHEEPGenetically-engineered sheep go on a killing spree at a New Zealand farm. Horror-comedy from writer-director Jonathan King.
THE NANNY DIARIESA college graduate becomes a nanny for a rich New York family. Romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson.
MR. BROOKSA man becomes controlled by a homicidal alter-ego only he can see. Crime thriller starring Kevin Costner, William Hurt and Demi Moore.
THE INVASIONA psychiatrist uncovers evidence that the population are being controlled by an alien epidemic. Sci-fi horror remake starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
RATATOUILLEA rat living in the kitchen of a top restaurant makes an unusual alliance with a young chef. CGI animation from Pixar.
RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTIONSurvivors of the zombie plague arrive at a desolate Las Vegas, on their way to Alaska. Horror sequel starring Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter.
