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John Travolta (right) rides his second wave as Get Shorty, a mild comedy in which he is very fine, saunters in at the top of the London chart. (If you're sick of him, tough: he's back on 12 April in John Woo's outrageously stupid thriller Broken Arrow.) Nixon can hardly compete, coming in behind the three-week-old Trainspotting, which is still chugging away like a good 'un. (All figures denote weekend box-office only.)

TOP 10 LONDON

1 (-) Get Shorty (pounds 136,766) US

2 (2) Sense and Sensibility (pounds 109,909) US

3 (1) Trainspotting (pounds 82,548) UK

4 (-) Nixon (pounds 49,241) US

5 (3) Casino (pounds 35,168) US

6 (4) Heat (pounds 26,801) US

7 (6) Jumanji (pounds 19,203) US

8 (5) Restoration (pounds 18,395) US

9 (8) French Twist (pounds 16,647) France

10 (7) Strange Days (pounds 14,288) US

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