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| Tuesday, 21 August, 2001, 16:01 GMT 17:01 UK Apes swing in to number one ![]() Planet Of The Apes is directed by Tim Burton Planet Of The Apes has stormed straight to the top of the UK box office in its first weekend. The science fiction adventure, starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth and Helena Bonham Carter, earned more than �5m in its first three days as it opened in 446 cinemas across the UK.
The tale of animals fighting a high-tech espionage war earned �1.7m over the weekend. Rush Hour 2 and Jurassic Park III both dropped one place to third and fourth respectively. Rush Hour 2, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, is the follow-up to the duo's first Rush Hour cop comedy and earned �979,000 over the weekend.
This time the film is directed by Joe Johnston rather than Steven Spielberg. Jurassic Park III grossed �616,000. Shrek, the animated tale of a green ogre and a beautiful princess, is at number five, grossing �604,000. Comedian Steve Coogan's first major film, The Parole Officer, has slipped back from five to six, earning �508,000.
The Parole Officer is Coogan's first attempt to make the transition from TV comedian to film funnyman. Despite his popularity as a comic, the film's critical reception has been lukewarm. In the lower reaches of the charts are two Bollywood films, Yeh Raaste Hein Pyar Ke and Dil Chanta Hai at positions 11 and 12 respectively. The films have achieved chart positions despite being shown at only a small number of outlets - just 16, in the case of Dil Chanta Hai. | See also: Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Film stories now: Links to more Film stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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