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TOP 10 US

1 (1) Seven US

2 (2) Assassins US

3 (3) Dead Presidents US

4 (5) How to Make an American Quilt US

5 (-) Jade US

6 (-) The Scarlet Letter US

7 (4) To Die For US

8 (-) Strange Days US

9 (6) The Big Green US

10 (7) The Devil in a Blue Dress US

TOP 10 UK

1 (11) Pocahontas US

2 (-) Species US

3 (1) Apollo 13 US

4 (4) The Net US

5 (3) Braveheart US

6 (2) Assassins US

7 (5) While You Were Sleeping US

8 (9) The Usual Suspects US

9 (6) The Bridges of Madison County US

10 (8) Casper US

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The US chart bristles with new films - Kathryn Bigelow's violent, futuristic Strange Days (which opens the London Film Festival on 2 Nov); Jade, a thriller directed by William Friedkin and starring The Last Seduction's Linda Fiorentino (on the minus side, Joe Eszterhas wrote it). And the Demi Moore costume drama The Scarlet Letter which was branded "so solemn it's silly" by Variety. But that's the point, isn't it?