Amazing Spider-Man 2 wins UK box office for third week

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has topped the UK box office for the third consecutive weekend.

The superhero sequel, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, earned £1.9 million to secure first place ahead of romantic comedy The Other Woman (£1.4 million).

Pompeii and Tarzan, both new releases, debuted at numbers three and four respectively. Paul WS Anderson's 3D disaster epic pulled in £1.1 million, while Tarzan earned £800,000.

Rio 2 rounds out the top five with £460,000, taking its UK total to £12.4 million after five weeks on release. Transcendence is this week's biggest faller, dropping fives places to number eight.

Elsewhere, Seth Rogen and Zac Efron's Bad Neighbours - which opened on Saturday, May 3 - earned more than £2 million over the weekend but will officially chart next week.

The comedy is expected to easily secure the number one spot with the benefit of a 9-day 'opening'.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (1) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - £1,984,667
2. (2) The Other Woman - £1,447,983
3. (-) Pompeii - £1,165,551
4. (-) Tarzan - £808,174
5. (4) Rio 2 - £460,886
6. (5) Captain America: The Winter Soldier - £357,448
7. (6) Noah - £236,058
8. (3) Transcendence - £229,178
9. (10) Calvary - £203,752
10. (-) Plastic - £154,441

Source: Rentrak