'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' has a big one at the weekend

Steve Carell's sex comedy dominates the London box office from Friday to Sunday.

Sep  6 2005

It was all change at the top of the London box office this weekend, with no less than three new entries in the top four, including a new number one in the shape of 'The 40-Year-Old-Virgin'.

The hilarious comedy, which sees Steve Carell play a middle-aged man on a mission to lose his cherry, knocked 'Crash' from the top spot, but the difference was minimal, with only £101 dividing the two films.

Wes Craven's airborne return to form, 'Red Eye', entered the chart one place below at number three, while Nick Love's crime thriller 'The Business' went straight in at number four.

The only other new entry was Gus Van Sant's 'Last Days', which debuted at number eight following good reviews from critics across the board.

Elsewhere, the previously unstoppable 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' dropped from two to five, 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' continued to punch above its weight at number six, and big-budget duds 'Bewitched', 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and 'The Island' took deserved tumbles to the lower reaches of the chart.

Next week, expect the tough guy antics of 'Cinderella Man' and the boys from 'Green Street' to rough things up at the top, while foul-mouthed documentary 'The Aristocrats' should also do well.

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