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Last Updated: Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 16:44 GMT
Legend top UK film for third week
I Am Legend
Will Smith plays the last man on Earth in I Am Legend
Will Smith's futuristic thriller I Am Legend is still top of the UK and Ireland box office after three weeks.

The film, about the global population being wiped out by a virus, has taken a total of almost �22m.

Romantic drama PS I Love You remains in second place, taking almost �1.5m at the weekend.

Tom Hanks' film Charlie Wilson's War is a new entry in third place. Comedy St Trinian's is fourth and the modern fairytale Enchanted is fifth.

UK AND IRELAND BOX OFFICE
1. I Am Legend - �2.0m
2. PS I Love You - �1.4m
3. Charlie Wilson's War - �1.3m
4. St Trinian's - �1.0m
5. Enchanted - �800,000
11-13 January. Source: Screen International

It means The Golden Compass has dropped out of the top five to seventh. The children's fantasy has taken more money than any other film in the top 10, a total of �24.6m.

Alvin and the Chipmunks remains in sixth place.

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