Incredible Hulk Stands Tall Atop U.K. Box Office

THE INCREDIBLE HULK has stomped to the top of the U.K. box office, opening with an impressive $6.5 million (GBP3.25 million).

The comic book superhero, played by Ed Norton, knocked Sex and the City: The Movie into second place with $3.56 million (GBP1.78 million).

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is at three with $3.52 million (GBP1.76 million), while director M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi thriller The Happening is a new entry at four with $3.26 million (GBP1.63 million).

Rounding out the top five is spoof comedy Superhero Movie with $1.03 million (GBP516,000).