The Boxtrolls knocks Sex Tape off UK box office top spot

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The Boxtrolls has claimed the top spot in the UK box office chart.

The eccentric animation, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Richard Ayoade, knocks Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel's Sex Tape off the top after one week, earning £2m in its opening weekend.

Scarlett Johansson's Lucy remains at two with takings of £812,000, while Matthew Warchus' Pride is new in at three with over £718,000.

Sex Tape slips down to four with £673,000, while Phillip Seymour Hoffman's A Most Wanted Man enters at five with £610,000.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Boxtrolls - £2,000,597
2. (2) Lucy - £812,073
3. (-) Pride - £718,778
4. (1) Sex Tape - £673,478
5. (-) A Most Wanted Man - £610,312
6. (3) Before I Go To Sleep - £537,991
7. (5) Guardians Of The Galaxy - £614,564
8. (6) Let's Be Cops - £477,576
9. (4) The Hundred-Foot Journey - £437,650
10. (7) The Inbetweeners 2 - £332,564