RUSSELL CROWE - STATE OF PLAY TOPS U.K. BOX OFFICE CHART

STATE OF PLAY TOPS U.K. BOX OFFICE CHART

RUSSELL CROWE and DAME HELEN MIRREN's thriller STATE OF PLAY has stormed to the top of the U.K. box office in its opening weekend (25-26Apr09), with takings of $2.175 million (£1.5 million).
The movie, which sees Mirren star as Crowe's newspaper editor, knocked Reese Witherspoon's Monsters Vs. Aliens in to second place, earning $1.576 (£1.087 million).
Vin Diesel's high-speed action film Fast & Furious dropped to three, pulling in $1.525 million (£1.052 million), while comedy 17 Again, starring Zac Efron, was at four, garnering $1.486 million (£1.025 million).
Rounding out the top five with takings of $1.027 million (£708,071) was I Love You, Man starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.