BOX OFFICE

UK films

THIS LAST WEEKS GROSS

WEEK WEEK IN CHART TO 7 NOV

1 (1) The Blair Witch Project (15) 3 pounds 11,994,086

The movie - and the bobble hat - of the year

2 (2) Tarzan (U) 5 pounds 12,624,595

Me high-quality animation. You?

3 (3) American Pie (15) 5 pounds 11,273,077

High-school cookery classes. Not

4 (4) Deep Blue Sea (15) 4 pounds 7,097,898

Something fishy this way comes

5 (-) East is East (15) 2 pounds 435,009

Ayub Khan-Din's hit stage play, now a hit Britfilm

6 (5) Bowfinger (12) 5 pounds 2,861,015

Martin and Murphy - a match made in comedy heaven

7 (6) Runaway Bride (PG) 5 pounds 6,839,647

Julia gets into top Gere

8 (-) The Sixth Sense (15) (12) New pounds 257,479

Creepy, clever, and with a fantastic twist

9 (7) John Carpenter's Vampires (18) 2 pounds 681,475

Hallowe'en it isn't, unfortunately

10 (-) Hum Saath Saath Hain (12) New pounds 105,965

Bollywood family values

US films

THIS LAST WEEKS GROSS

WEEK WEEK IN CHART TO 7 NOV

1 (-) The Bone Collector New $16,712,020

See David Thomson's column, opposite

2 (1) The House on Haunted Hill 2 $27,984,396 Spike Lee's brother Malcolm directs

3 (-) The Bachelor New $7,480,288

Chris O'Donnell has 24 hours to get married

4 (-) The Insider New $6,712,361

Michael Mann takes on the tobacco giants

5 (2) The Best Man New $24,037,745

African-American ensemble comedy

6 (3) Double Jeopardy 7 $104,290,418

Murder isn't always a crime, apparently

7 4) American Beauty 10 $58,931,005

Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening crumble together

8 (8) The Sixth Sense 14 $264,042,695

Creepy masterpiece: the best since `The Exorcist'

9 (5) Music of the Heart 2 $7,737,994

Meryl Streep fiddles to the kids

10 (7) Fight Club 4 $31,909,073

See Gilbert Adair, above