BOX-OFFICE CHART

Hurrah for existential despair! Twelve Monkeys blasts in at number one in London, confusing and bewitching audiences in roughly equal measures, if the post-film chit-chat you eavesdrop on is anything to go by. (All figures denote weekend box-office only)

TOP 10 LONDON

1 (-) Twelve Monkeys (pounds 164,702) US

2 (2) Mighty Aphrodite (pounds 52,993) US

3 (1) Broken Arrow (pounds 45,988) US

4 (-) Smoke (pounds 38,824) US

5 (4) Dead Man Walking (pounds 32,782) US

6 (5) Nelly and Mr Arnaud (pounds 27,585) Fr

7 (3) Toy Story (pounds 26,904) US

8 (6) City Hall (pounds 24,074) US

9 (8) Sense and Sensibility (pounds 21,000) US

10 (7) Get Shorty (pounds 19,241) US

Chart supplied by 'Screen International'