That Was The Week: Best Sellers

Sunday 01 February 1998

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TOP FILMS

Info: this week's position, (last week's), [weeks in chart], and total gross to 25 Jan

1 (-) Titanic (12) [-] pounds 4,807,058

2 (1) Devil's Advocate (18) [2] pounds 2,556,948

3 (-) Up 'N' Under (12) [-] pounds 663,157

4 (4) Boogie Nights (18) [2] pounds 1,838,181

5 (5) Spiceworld: The Movie (PG) [5] pounds 10,146,076

6 (2) The Jackal (18) [3] pounds 3,782,497

7 (3) Tomorrow Never Dies (12) [6] pounds 18,789,327

8 (7) The Full Monty (15) [22] pounds 47,814,179

9 (8) George of the Jungle (U) [5] pounds 6,027,420

10 (6) Starship Troopers (15) [4] pounds 5,851,527

VIDEO RETAIL

1 The X-Files - File 9 Redux

2 Predator

3 Beavis and Butthead Do America

4 Predator 2 - Ultimate Hunter

5 The Entity

6 Peter Pan

7 Matilda

8 The Lost World - Jurassic Park

9 Mission Impossible

10 Romper Stomper

RENTAL

1 The Lost World- Jurrassic Park (PG)

2 The Fifth Element (PG)

3 One Fine Day (PG)

4 The Devil's Own (15)

5 Con Air (15)

6 Murder at 1600 (15)

7 Scream (18)

8 Liar Liar (12)

9 Dante's Peak (12)

10 Rumble in the Bronx (15)

TOP SINGLES

Last week's position in brackets; where there are no brackets it's a new entry. Other information: title, artist and label.

1 (-) You Make Me Wanna Usher Laface

2 (2) Never Ever All Saints London

3 (-) Mulder And Scully Catatonia Blanco Y Negro

4 (7) High Lighthouse Family Wild Card

5 (1) All Around The World Oasis Creation

6 (3) Bamboogie Bamboo VC Recordings

7 (9) Angels Robbie Williams Chrysalis

8 (8) Together Again Janet Jackson Virgin

9 (6) Renegade Master 98 Wildchild Hi-Life

10 (-) Amnesia Chumbawamba EMI

ENTRIES EXPECTED WHEN NEW CHART IS ANNOUNCED TODAY

Aqua Dr Jones

Will Smith Gettin'

TOP ALBUMS

Last week's position in brackets; where there are no brackets it's a new entry. Other information: title, artist and label.

1 (1) Urban Hymns Verve Hut

2 (2) All Saints All Saints London

3 (3) Life Thru a Lens Robbie Williams Chrysalis

4 (4) Postcards From Heaven Lighthouse Family Wildcard

5 (6) OK Computer Radiohead Parlophone

6 (-) Moon Safari Air Virgin

7 (-) Truly - The Love Songs Lionel Richie Motown/Polygram TV

8 (5) Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion Epic

9 (7) White On Blonde Texas Mercury

10 (- The Blue Cafe Chris Rea East West

HARDBACKS

1 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes Faber & Faber pounds 14.99

2 Underworld Don DeLillo Picador pounds 20

3 How The Mind Works Steven Pinker Viking pounds 25

4 A Walk In The Woods Bill Bryson Doubleday pounds 16.99

5 Diving Bell And The Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby Fourth Estate pounds 9.99

6 Dickie Bird Autobiography Dickie Bird Hodder pounds 17.99

7 The God Of Small Things Arundhati Roy Flamingo pounds 15.99

8 Diana: Her True Story Andrew Morton Michael O'Mara pounds 15.99

9 Unnatural Exposure Patricia Cornwell Little, Brown pounds 16.99

10 Longitude Dava Sobel Fourth Estate pounds 12.00

PAPERBACKS

1 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding Picador pounds 6.99

2 Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels Bloomsbury pounds 6.99

3 High Fidelity Nick Hornby Indigo pounds 5.99

4 Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernieres Minerva pounds 6.99

5 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt Flamingo pounds 6.99

6 The Little Book Of Calm Paul Wilson Penguin pounds 1.99

7 Rachel's Holiday Marian Keyes Penguin pounds 5.99

8 Part Of The Furniture Mary Wesley Black Swan pounds 6.99

9 The Wasp Factory Iain Banks Abacus pounds 6.99

10 Generation X Douglas Coupland Abacus pounds 6.99

Film list supplied by 'Screen International', Video lists supplied by Blockbusters, Music lists supplied by CIN, Book lists supplied by Waterstone's.

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