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Everest has climbed to the top of the UK box office for a second weekend running.

The disaster drama, based on true events and starring Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin, took £2m to bring its running total to £6.8m.

Tom Hardy’s Legend remains in second place, ahead of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.

Miss You Already starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette is the highest new entry at number four, while Pixar’s Inside Out rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, Solace lands at number six, and Pixels re-enters at number nine.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (1) Everest – £1,996,439
2. (2) Legend – £1,812,808
3. (3) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – £1,150,888
4. (-) Miss You Already – £487,247
5. (5) Inside Out – £423,204
6. (-) Solace – £340,537
7. (4) The Visit – £310,988
8. (7) The Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema) – £294,775
9. (RE) Pixels – £163,732
10. (10) Bill – £159,734

Source: Rentrak

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Everest has climbed to the summit of the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The mountain drama, about a 1996 expedition devastated by severe weather conditions, ended Tom Hardy’s brief reign atop the charts with Legend.

Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin lead the cast of the film, which took in £3.1 million to claim first place at UK cinemas.

Legend slips down to second place, while Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is at number three on its second weekend on release.

M Night Shyamalan’s The Visit and Inside Out round out the top five.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Robert Redford’s A Walk in the Woods, the Battle of Britain at 75 live concert broadcast and children’s comedy Bill.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Everest – £3,160,154
2. (1) Legend – £2,446,860
3. (2) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – £1,510,494
4. (3) The Visit – £485,117
5. (5) Inside Out – £437,014
6. (4) Straight Outta Compton – £298,142
7. (9) Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema) – £281,600
8. (-) A Walk in the Woods – £252,175
9. (-) Battle of Britain at 75 – £225,943
10. (-) Bill – £221,807

Source: Rentrak

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Tom Hardy’s Legend has shot straight to the top of the UK box office.

The Kray twins biopic fought off competition from Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails to take the box office in its first weekend.

Legend is now the UK’s biggest September release and has also achieved the biggest ever opening for a British-made film with an 18 certificate.

Meanwhile, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails is at two with £2.8m, while horror film The Visit in at 3 with £1m.

Straight Outta Compton is at four with £630,325, Inside Out is at five with £608,638 and Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is at six with £302,316.

Pixels is at seven with £272,539 and No Escape is at eight with £254,383.

Finally, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema 2015) is at nine and Irrational Man rounds out the top ten with 197,188.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Legend – £2,498,231
2. (-) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails – £1,199,103
3. (-) The Visit – £961,411
4. (1) Straight Outta Compton – £890,857
5. (2) Inside Out – £664,728
6. (4) Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – £658,399
7. (6) Pixels – £569,830
8. (-) No Escape – £452,953
9. (-) Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema 2015) – £353,262
10. (-) Irrational Man – £331,196

Source: Rentrak

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Straight Outta Compton has shot straight to the top of the UK box office following a quiet weekend.

The NWA biopic debuted with £2.4m, keeping Pixar’s Inside Out at number two for the third week running with £1.2m.

Hitman: Agent 47 landed at number three in its opening weekend with £961,411, while Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation took £890,857 to stay at number four.

Despite battling with terrible reviews, Pixels moves up one place to number five with £664,728 and Guy Ritchie’s Man From U.N.C.L.E. is at six with £658,399.

Elsewhere, horror sequel Sinister 2 takes £569,830 to land at number seven and John Green’s Paper Towns adaptation drops from the top spot to number eight for its second week, taking £452,953.

Minions rises one place to number nine, managing £353,262, and rounding off the top ten is 45 Years which debuted with £331,196.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Straight Outta Compton – £2,498,231
2. (2) Inside Out – £1,199,103
3. (-) Hitman: Agent 47 – £961,411
4. (4) Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – £890,857
5. (6) Pixels – £664,728
6. (5) Man From U.N.C.L.E. – £658,399
7. (3) Sinister 2 – £569,830
8. (1) Paper Towns – £452,953
9. (10) Minions – £353,262
10. (-) 45 Years – £331,196

Source: Rentrak

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Cara Delevingne has helped power Paper Towns straight to the top of the UK box office.

The John Green adaptation debuts in the top spot with takings of £2.7 million, leaving Pixar’s emotional rollercoaster Inside Out to retain its position at number two with £1.7m.

Meanwhile, new release Sinister 2 debuts at number three this week with takings of £1.2m.

Ed Helms’s comedy reboot Vacation and Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education Movie land at seven and eight respectively with £608,748 and £594,861.

Last week’s number one, Adam Sandler’s gaming comedy Pixels, drops to number six with takings of £820,456.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Paper Towns – £2,072,789
2. (2) Inside Out – £1,379,702
3. (-) Sinister 2 – £1,069,261
4. (3) Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – £1,042,827
5. (4) Man From U.N.C.L.E. £917,934.
6. (1) Pixels – £820,456
7. (-) Vacation – £608,748
8. (-) Bad Education Movie – £594,861
9. (5) Trainwreck – £492,567
10. (8) Minions – £390,409

Source: Rentrak

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Adam Sandler has once again defied his critics and has topped the UK box office with Pixels.

The gaming comedy debuts in the top spot with takings of £2.6m, while Pixar’s emotional rollercoaster Inside Out moves back up to number two.

Meanwhile, new releases The Man of UNCLE and Trainwreck land at number four and five respectively, with takings of £1.4m and £931,981.

Simon Pegg’s Absolutely Anything debuts at nine with £487,147, while Joel Edgerton’s thriller The Gift grips on to the edge of the top ten with £330,679.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Pixels – £2,660,772
2. (3) Inside Out – £1,912,671
3. (2) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation – £1,585,062
4. (-) The Man From UNCLE – £1,448,298
5. (-) Trainwreck – £931,981
6. (1) Fantastic Four – £701,406
7. (4) Southpaw – £625,828
8. (7) Minions – £581,573
9. (-) Absolutely Anything – £487,147
10. (5) The Gift – £330,679

Source: Rentrak

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Fantastic Four might have bombed out at the US box office this weekend, but the beleaguered superhero film has managed to overcome bad buzz and secure a small victory in the UK.

The Josh Trank-directed blockbuster opened with a £2.6 million haul to secure the box office top spot ahead of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.

However, the total falls some way behind matching the success of the previous incarnation in the Fox/Marvel franchise. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer topped the chart with £4.1 million in 2007, while 2005’s Fantastic Four debuted to a £3.5 million opening weekend.

Elsewhere in this week’s chart, Joel Edgerton’s thriller The Gift was a new entry at number five after taking in £584,552.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Fantastic Four – £2,686,176
2. (1) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – £2,408,562
3. (2) Inside Out – £1,957,627
4. (3) Southpaw – £793,255
5. (-) The Gift – £584,552
6. (4) Ant-Man – £565,319
7. (5) Minions – £516,174
8. (8) Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema) – £261,750
9. (6) Jurassic World – £178,441
10. (Re) Amy – £85,725

Source: Rentrak

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has overthrown Pixar’s Inside Out to top this week’s UK box office.

Tom Cruise’s fifth outing as spy Ethan Hunt took in £5.3m, ahead of Pixar’s latest with £3.5m.

Inside Out has comfortably beaten Ant-Man to top this week’s UK box office.

The Pixar animated feature pulled in £7.3 million, ahead of Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster, which ended up in second place with £2.5m.

Minions collected £2.2m, dropping to third, while Southpaw opened in fourth with £1.6m. The top five was rounded off by Jurassic World.

Elsewhere in the chart, The Empire Strikes Back Secret Cinema returned to the top ten, picking up more than £300,000 to slot into ninth.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Inside Out – £7,376,513
2. (1) Ant-Man – £2,520,129
3. (2) Minions – £2,268,007
4. (-) Southpaw – £1,662,296
5. (4) Jurassic World – £1,004,125
6. (3) Ted 2 – £729,103
7. (6) Terminator: Genisys – £823,384
8. (7) Bajrangi Bhaijaan – £758,195
9. (RE) The Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema) – £304,900
10. (8) Magic Mike XXL – £276,204

Source: Rentrak

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