As part of the takeover he made £7.76m from the sale of his 1,844,000 shares in West Ham.

The maps were made on a scale 1:11,520 and formed a collection of 275 hand-colored and hand-drawn maps 0,90 x 1,40 m each.

It made £41.7m compared with £32.5m in 1990 and is increasing its total dividend payout to 56.4p per share from 47p.

The movie makes £6.8m in its first week of release.

Britain's second largest building society made £184.6m in the year to April 4, down from £201.9m in the previous 12 months.

The firm made $298.6m in sales in 2009, with a $71.2m profit.

This compares with 36,617 graduates making £18.9m of overpayments in 2008/9 and 25,434 graduates overpaying by £15.9m in 2007/8.

News of the case was welcomed by representatives of the entertainment industry, who said that there was evidence the site made £1.5m per year.

Brown made £33.4m from the sale of his 7,392,000 shares in West Ham as part of this deal.

The film wasn't successful at the box office, making just $1.5m on a budget of $9m.