The film, directed by Ridley Scott, took £3.9m at cinemas this weekend.
In second place, Emily Blunt's drug crime drama Sicario opened with takings of £1.6m, while The Walk was another new entry in third with £795,000.
But Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke's new thriller Regression could only open in ninth place with takings of £215,000.
In the film, Watson plays a young woman who has been the victim of demonic abuse as Hawke is a police officer trying to uncover the truth.
It was screened at 270 cinemas over the weekend, according to Screen Daily, compared with 434 for Sicario.
Sicario has also received much better reviews, with Emily Blunt playing the lead role of an FBI agent who joins an elite force to combat a drugs warlords on the US-Mexico border.

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Thanks to a superb defensive display, Britain led 34-25 at half-time and were then always in control in Worcester, stretching their lead after the break.
Terry Bywater top-scored with 29 points and was named Most Valuable Player, while Ian Sagar added 17.
"These are exciting times for this team," Bywater told BBC Sport.
"We have some new talented players coming through combined with veterans like myself and Simon Munn and we play with pride and passion.
"I think our start surprised Turkey. They beat us in last year's World Championship quarter-finals in Korea so revenge is sweet."
Earlier, the GB women secured their fifth European bronze medal in a row after an easy 69-39 win over France.
The home side, who had lost 56-55 to Paralympic champions Germany in Friday's semi-finals, were dominant throughout with Helen Freeman and Jordanna Bartlett leading the scoring on 10 points apiece.
Both GB teams had already secured their places at next year's Rio Paralympics thanks to their performances at the tournament.

Rangers avoided relegation by finishing 10th but the club was later charged for failing to implement Haveron's touchline ban against Dungannnon.
It could have resulted in Carrick losing three points and being relegated but the Irish FA decided not to apply any sanction following a hearing.
Haveron replaced Michael Hughes as Rangers boss in September 2013.
"The Board of Carrick Rangers FC can announce that we have accepted the resignation of manager Gary Haveron and assistant manager Steven Mills," said the club on Monday.
"Following discussions between the Board and the management team, we were unable to establish a mutual agreement on the best way forward for the club."
He guided Carrick to Championship success in his first full season and with it a return to top-flight football.
Last month's dramatic 2-1 victory over Ballinamallard United on the final day of the season moved Carrick from the bottom to 10th and safety.
Their Premiership status was threatened by the touchline charge but the IFA Disciplinary opted to "exercise its discretion" in not imposing a sanction.
Warrenpoint Town, who finished bottom but just a point behind Carrick, have appealed the IFA ruling.
Space epic The Martian, in which Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars, was the top film at UK box offices for a second week.
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Great Britain men's wheelchair basketball team clinched a third consecutive European title after beating Turkey 87-66 in the final.
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Gary Haveron has resigned as manager of Premiership side Carrick Rangers after a controversial end to the season.