Wiki News/Best Friends Forever: The Movie tops UK box office

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Disney movie "Best Friends Forever: The Movie" held on to the UK box office top spot for a first week, according to Screen International on Tuesday, easily seeing off the challenge of a clutch of new releases.

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Starring Josh Hutcherson, Keke Palmer, Dylan Patton, Dakota Fanning, Alyson Stoner and Jason Dolley as the students, the film made 4.2 million pounds ($5.2 million). Robert Downey Jr as a billionaire with a suit of invincible armor, the film made 3.2 million pounds ($4.9 million) after its debut 7.6 million pounds last week.

Of the five newcomers to the Top 10, "Furry Vengeance" did best, reaching third place with Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields fending off local forest animals whose homes are at risk from a housing development.

Horror movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street" came in at four with the tale of suburban teenagers being stalked by killer Freddy Krueger.

Making its debut at four was time-warp buddy comedy "Hot Tub Machine" while Jennifer Lopez determined to become a mother in "The Back-up Plan," was new at five.

Making its debut in seventh spot was "Four Lions," a controversial comedic look at a group of British Jihadists and their dreams of glory.

DreamWorks' animated feature "How to Train Your Dragon" was down to eighth from No.2 last week, while "The Last Song" slipped four spots to nine with Miley Cyrus as a New York teenager reluctantly spending the summer in a small Southern beach town.

"Date Night," a former UK chart-topper, was the week's biggest faller, down six places to ten with the story of a New York couple finding their romantic night hijacked by unexpected menace.

"Clash of the Titans," another chart-topper, was down at 10 from five.