"Vantage Point" tops UK box office

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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. secret service thriller "Vantage Point," topped the British box office after its opening week, keeping the Tudor Boleyn sisters down in second place.

The story of a presidential assassination plot, with Dennis Quaid and William Hurt, took 1.45 million pounds, according to Screen International.

Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson’s 16th century tale of Anne and Mary Boleyn’s rivalry for the love of Henry VIII, "The Other Boleyn Girl," took 952,405 pounds in its opening weekend.

New at three was Disney’s "The Game Plan," with wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a high-flying gridiron footballer brought down to earth by the demands of looking after an eight-year-old girl.

Down three places at four was "The Bank Job," a fictionalised account of a 1971 London robbery kept quiet at the time by a government gag.

At five, down from four was "The Accidental Husband," with Uma Thurman and Colin Firth in the tale of a radio talk show host recklessly advising one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend.

Down three places at six was "Jumper," with Hayden Christensen as the man who can teleport himself anywhere at any time while down one, at seven, was video store comedy "Be Kind Rewind."

Eighth, down three, was "Juno" .....continued below

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Biggest faller of the week was "Semi-Pro," with Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson trying to revive the worst basketball team in the league, down seven places at nine.

Down three places at 10 was "There Will be Blood," with Daniel Day-Lewis’s Oscar-winning performance as a greedy oil prospector.

(Reporting by Stephen Addison)