American Sniper overtakes Taken 3 to top UK box office

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American Sniper has risen to the top of the UK box office in its second week of release.

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper's war drama earned £2.5 million to secure first place this week, with Liam Neeson's Taken 3 dropping to second spot with £1.8 million.

Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything remains in third place, while Into The Woods holds firm at four.

Oscar Isaac's sci-fi thriller Ex Machina debuts at number five with earnings of £1.09 million.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Johnny Depp's Mortdecai and Mark Wahlberg's The Gambler.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) American Sniper - £2,539,534
2. (1) Taken 3 - £1,809,724
3. (3) The Theory of Everything - £1,588,737
4. (4) Into the Woods - £1,347,845
5. (-) Ex Machina - £1,093,952
6. (5) Paddington - £748,628
7. (-) Mortdecai - £484,878
8. (-) The Gambler - £381,554
9. (8) Birdman - £380,113
10. (7) Whiplash - £376,485

Source: Rentrak