'Age of Ultron' tops UK box office for second week

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Avengers: Age of Ultron has triumphed at the box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Marvel's superhero blockbuster pulled in £8.5 million over the Bank Holiday weekend, taking its total earnings past the £32 million mark in the UK.

Age of Ultron is now closing in on Fast & Furious 7 as the highest-earning film in the UK in 2015. The Vin Diesel-led action sequel has made more than £36 million, while Fifty Shades of Grey sits just behind it in third place with £34.8 million.

Elsewhere in this week's box office top 10, Far from the Madding Crowd is the highest new entry at number two with £1.4 million. Carey Mulligan's period drama charts just ahead of horror Unfriended, which made £1.3 million.

Fast & Furious 7 and Home complete the top five, with animation Two by Two the only other new release to make the top 10.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (1) Avengers: Age of Ultron - £8,591,670
2. (-) Far from the Madding Crowd - £1,450,297
3. (-) Unfriended - £1,346,952
4. (2) Fast & Furious 7 - £1,113,888
5. (4) Home - £732,514
6. (3) Cinderella - £675,425
7. (-) Two by Two - £566,871
8. (7) SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water - £203,935
9. (6) Woman in Gold - £190,175
10. (8) Child 44 - £114,301

Source: Rentrak