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'A History of Violence' storms the London chart

The David Cronenberg thriller is a new entry at number one.

Oct  4 2005

Former Time Out film of the week 'A History of Violence' was a new entry at the top of the London box office chart at the weekend.

David Cronenberg's brilliant thriller took in an impressive £151,672 from 23 screens, which was easily enough to knock Keira Knightley's 'Pride & Prejudice' from the top spot.

Below them, animated epic 'Howl's Moving Castle' remained stationary at number three, while John Singleton's action thriller 'Four Brothers' was a new entry at number four.

Further down the chart, 'The 40 Year-Old Virgin' and 'Crash' exchanged places at positions five and six, while not even David Beckham's cameo (click here to see that) could save footy flick 'Goal!' from an inauspicious debut at number seven.

Rounding out the chart, Guy Ritchie's woeful 'Revolver' sank like a stone from two to eight, while horror gems 'Land of the Dead' and 'Wolf Creek' fell to nine and ten respectively.

Next week, expect sci-fi spectaculars 'Serenity' and 'Night Watch' to set the top of the chart alight, while Roman Polanski's 'Oliver Twist' should also find a sizeable audience.

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