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Thor: The Dark World has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The Marvel sequel, starring Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, earned £8.6 million to easily beat surge past last week’s chart topper Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and secure first place.

The Dark World‘s total easily surpasses that of its superhero predecessor, which £5.45 million when it opened in April 2011.

Captain Phillips slips down a place to number three, while Judi Dench and Steve Coogan’s Philomena is a new entry at number four.

Dreamworks’s animated snail-racer Turbo, featuring the voice talents of Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson, rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, Bollywood film Krrish 3 is a new entry at number eight, earning £408,624 from 95 locations.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Thor: The Dark World – £8,668,172
2. (1) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – £2,074,667
3. (2) Captain Phillips – £1,622,925
4. (-) Philomena – £1,509,726
5. (4) Turbo – £1,351,821
6. (3) Jackass: Bad Grandpa – £975,121
7. (5) Ender’s Game – £469,112
8. (-) Krrish 3 – £408,624
9. (6) One Chance – £339,722
10. (7) Escape Plan – £185,957

Source: Rentrak

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The animated sequel earned £3.6 million from its 510 locations to secure first place ahead of Captain Phillips and new release Bad Grandpa.

The Cloudy sequel’s opening total easily outpaces that of its predecessor, which pulled in £1.58 million in September 2009.

Last week’s number one movie Turbo slips down to fourth spot, while Ender’s Game completes the top five with £1.16 million.

Elsewhere, James Corden’s Paul Potts biopic One Chance lands in sixth place with £717,857.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – £3,658,619
2. (2) Captain Phillips – £2,445,704
3. (-) Jackass: Bad Grandpa – £1,940,476
4. (1) Turbo – £1,323,885
5. (-) Ender’s Game – £1,158,548
6. (-) One Chance – £717,857
7. (3) Escape Plan – £499,858
8. (4) Prisoners – £316,700
9. (5) Sunshine on Leith – £254,200
10. (6) Blue Jasmine – £212,747

Source: Rentrak

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Turbo has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox’s 3D animation, featuring the voices of Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson, earned £3.8 million (including £1.7 million from previews) to secure first place ahead of Captain Phillips.

Tom Hanks’s true-life hijacking drama pulled in £3.4 million (£461,436 from previews) over the weekend, putting it ahead of the week’s other big new release Escape Plan.

Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s team-up delivered £961,470, while last week’s number one Prisoners and Sunshine on Leith round out the top five.

Elsewhere, Bollywood release Boss debuts at number nine with £235,086 from its 63 locations.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Turbo – £3,892,774
2. (-) Captain Phillips – £3,483,981
3. (-) Escape Plan – £961,470
4. (1) Prisoners – £571,028
5. (2) Sunshine on Leith – £469,898
6. (3) Blue Jasmine – £365,436
7. (4) Filth – £343,299
8. (5) Rush – £280,960
9. (-) Boss – £235,086
10. (7) Le Week-End – £208,759

Source: Rentrak

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Prisoners has topped the UK box office chart for the third week running.

Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal’s thriller earned just shy of £1 million to hold off competition from Sunshine on Leith to secure the number one spot.

Dexter Fletcher’s Proclaimers musical showed impressive staying power on its second week on full release, seeing only a 5% drop in ticket sales. The film has now earned more than £2 million from UK cinemas.

Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine sits at number three ahead of Filth, while Formula 1 drama Rush rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, new releases The Fifth Estate and Le Week-End enter the chart at numbers six and seven respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Prisoners – £968,990
2. (3) Sunshine on Leith – £732,296
3. (4) Blue Jasmine – £642,241
4. (2) Filth – £638,856
5. (5) Rush – £531,945
6. (-) The Fifth Estate – £502,495
7. (-) Le Week-End – £324,488
8. (6) Runner Runner – £279,339
9. (7) Justin and the Knights of Valour – £191,556
10. (10) White House Down – £189,586

Source: Rentrak

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Prisoners has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal’s dark thriller earned more than £1 million to see off competition from Filth and Sunshine on Leith to secure first place.

Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine lands in fourth place and rounding out the top five is Ron Howard’s Rush, which falls from second place to number five.

Elsewhere, several new releases failed to trouble the top ten. Saoirse Ronan’s How I Live Now landed at number 12 with £232,400 in box office takings, while Thanks for Sharing and Metallica: Through the Never reach numbers 13 and 14 respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Prisoners – £1,107,641
2. (-) Filth – £842,167
3. (-) Sunshine on Leith – £770,239
4. (3) Blue Jasmine – £724,693
5. (2) Rush – £708,598
6. (4) Runner Runner – £503,111
7. (8) Justin and the Knights of Valour – £381,294
8. (5) Insidious: Chapter 2 – £313,491
9. (6) About Time – £288,289
10. (7) White House Down – £284,061

Source: Rentrak

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Rush has overtaken Insidious: Chapter 2 to top the UK box office chart.

Ron Howard’s drama, starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl, moved up from second place to secure pole position with £1.3 million in ticket sales.

White House Down and About Time hold their places at numbers four and five respectively, while Naomi Watts’s Diana debuts at number five.

Elsewhere, RIPD and The Call are the only other new releases to make it into the top ten.

Next week will likely see a shake-up in the top five with the release of Blue Jasmine, Prisoners and Runner Runner this Friday.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) Rush – £1,336,449
2. (1) Insidious: Chapter 2 – £1,076,295
3. (3) White House Down – £710,772
4. (4) About Time – £701,473
5. (-) Diana – £623,051
6. (5) Justin and the Knights of Valour – £512,671
7. (-) RIPD – £506,521
8. (-) The Call – £409,975
9. (6) One Direction: This Is Us – £365,148
10. (7) We’re The Millers – £342,877

Source: Rentrak

Rush has overtaken Insidious: Chapter 2 to top the UK box office chart.

Ron Howard’s drama, starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl, moved up from second place to secure pole position with £1.3 million in ticket sales.

White House Down and About Time hold their places at numbers four and five respectively, while Naomi Watts’s Diana debuts at number five.

Elsewhere, RIPD and The Call are the only other new releases to make it into the top ten.

Next week will likely see a shake-up in the top five with the release of Blue Jasmine, Prisoners and Runner Runner this Friday.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) Rush – £1,336,449
2. (1) Insidious: Chapter 2 – £1,076,295
3. (3) White House Down – £710,772
4. (4) About Time – £701,473
5. (-) Diana – £623,051
6. (5) Justin and the Knights of Valour – £512,671
7. (-) RIPD – £506,521
8. (-) The Call – £409,975
9. (6) One Direction: This Is Us – £365,148
10. (7) We’re The Millers – £342,877

Source: Rentrak

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Richard Curtis’ directorial swan song About Time has topped the UK box office charts after its first weekend on release.

The romantic comedy made a total of £1.7 million, narrowly out-stripping the week’s other new entry Riddick which brought in £1.4 million.

One Direction: This Is Us fell to third place with £1.1 million following its strong opening.

Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain fell to seventh place, while Despicable Me 2 – which remains the highest-grossing film of the year in the UK – regained some ground, moving up a spot from ninth to eighth place.

About Time and Riddick were the only new films to reach the top ten, with Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty debuting with £117,000 and Rooney Mara-starring indie Ain’t Them Bodies Saints making just £52,600.

The UK box office top ten in full:

1. (-) About Time – £1,761,079
2. (-) Riddick – £1,415,141
3. (1) One Direction: This Is Us – £1,122,137
4. (3) We’re The Millers – £918,971
5. (2) Elysium – £776,884
6. (5) Planes – £620,814
7. (4) Pain & Gain – £401,920
8. (9) Despicable Me 2 – £316,278
9. (8) Grown Ups 2 – £314,249
10. (10) Monsters University – £294,762

Source: Rentrak

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One Direction’s 3D documentary This Is Us has stormed to the top of the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The movie, directed by Morgan Spurlock and produced by Simon Cowell, earned more than £3.4 million to send Matt Damon’s blockbuster Elysium into second place.

This Is Us‘s box office opening is by far the strongest for a recent 3D concert film. Previous offerings have failed to crack the £1 million mark, with Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never getting closest in 2011 with £820,592.

By comparison, 2012’s Katy Perry: Part of Me bowed to £449,491, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie earned £356,271 in 2011 and 2009’s Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Performance took just £117,060.