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Elysium topped the UK box office over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Matt Damon and Neill Blomkamp’s science fiction blockbuster earned £3.1 million (including previews) to see off competition from Jennifer Aniston’s We’re The Millers and secure first place.

DisneyToon’s Planes, last week’s number two movie, slips down a place to three while The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones lands at four with a £1.1 million opening haul.

Kick-Ass 2 suffered a drastic 75% drop in ticket sales to slip down from the chart summit into seventh spot.

Elsewhere, Despicable Me 2 continues to show impressive staying power, climbing up from number ten to 9. The animated sequel has now made more than £43 million at the box office, making it the highest-earning film of 2013 in the UK.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Elysium – £3,127,005
2. (-) We’re The Millers – £1,508,326
3. (2) Planes – £1,165,315
4. (-) The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones – £1,143,385
5. (4) Grown Ups 2 – £678,466
6. (3) 2 Guns – £639,938
7. (1) Kick-Ass 2 – £613,817
8. (6) Monsters University – £592,070
9. (10) Despicable Me 2 – £566,019
10. (8) The Smurfs 2 – £546,075

Source: Rentrak

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Kick-Ass 2 has topped the UK box office on its first week on release.

The superhero sequel, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz, pulled in £2.4 million in ticket sales (including previews from Wednesday and Thursday), to hold off competition from DisneyToon’s Planes and action-comedy 2 Guns.

Last week’s number three film Grown Ups 2 slips a place to four, with James Wan-directed horror The Conjuring rounding out the top five.

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, last week’s number one film, slides down six places to number seven.

The Steve Coogan-led film saw a 61% drop in box office takings, but the homegrown comedy has still managed to earn an impressive £4.2 million in its two weeks on release.

Next week will likely see a significant overhaul in the chart with high-profile new releases Elysium, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and We’re the Millers all opening in cinemas.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Kick-Ass 2 – £2,482,187
2. (-) Planes – £1,735,940
3. (-) 2 Guns – £1,423,738
4. (3) Grown Ups 2 – £1,119,025
5. (4) The Conjuring – £973,073
6. (5) Monsters University – £892,945
7. (1) Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – £852,967
8. (7) The Smurfs 2 – £836,599
9. (2) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – £834,538
10. (11) Despicable Me 2 – £768,575

Source: Rentrak

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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The Steve Coogan-led comedy, Partridge’s first outing on the big screen, held off strong competition from sequels Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Grown Ups 2 to secure the number one spot.

The Smurfs 2 has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The family comedy earned £3.2 million to hold off competition from other new releases The Heat and The Conjuring to secure the top spot.

The sequel’s total falls just short of the £3.7 million opening of its predecessor, which debuted in second place behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011.

The Wolverine, last week’s number one movie, saw a 62% drop in ticket sales to take fourth place, while Monsters University rounded out the top five.

Elsewhere, the top 10 sees new releases from the Bruce Willis-led action sequel RED 2 and Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives at numbers seven and nine respectively.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) The Smurfs 2 – £3,220,911
2. (-) The Heat – £2,500,522
3. (-) The Conjuring – £2,156,124
4. (1) The Wolverine – £1,800,640
5. (2) Monsters University – £1,753,216
6. (3) Despicable Me 2 – £1,289,450
7. (-) RED 2 – £1,023,349
8. (4) The World’s End – £681,301
9. (-) Only God Forgives – £465,917
10. (5) Now You See Me – £436,597

Source: Rentrak

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

Hugh Jackman’s sixth outing as the Marvel superhero earned £4.6 million to lead the chart ahead of Pixar‘s Monsters University.

The Wolverine‘s total falls short of the £6.6 million earned by its direct predecessor X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men: First Class‘s £5.4 million.

Despicable Me 2 holds its position at number three, while The World’s End falls two places to number four. Jesse Eisenberg’s Now You See Me rounds out the top five, pushing its UK total to above the £9 million mark.

Elsewhere, the chart sees a new entry from Greta Gerwig’s Frances Ha. The indie comedy pulled in £150,689 from 60 locations to land in ninth place.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Wolverine – £4,694,092
2. (1) Monsters University – £3,114,562
3. (3) Despicable Me 2 – £2,085,392
4. (2) The World’s End – £1,435,469
5. (5) Now You See Me – £880,783
6. (4) Pacific Rim – £732,249
7. (7) The Internship – £174,945
8. (6) World War Z – £168,060
9. (-) Frances Ha – £150,689
10. (8) Man of Steel – £78,014

Source: Rentrak

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Monsters University has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The Pixar prequel held off competition from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy finale The World’s End to secure the number one spot with a £2.7 million haul.

The World’s End earned £2.1 million from its 530 locations nationwide, beating the £1.6 million opening from Shaun of the Dead in 2004 but falling behind Hot Fuzz‘s £5.9 million haul.

Last week’s runner-up Despicable Me 2 drops to third place, while Pacific Rim and Now You See Me round out the top five.

Elsewhere, Nicolas Cage and Vanessa Hudgens’s serial killer drama The Frozen Ground is the only other new release to make the top ten, landing at number nine with £89,515 from its 126 screening venues.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Monsters University – £2,791,078
2. (-) The World’s End – £2,123,576
3. (2) Despicable Me 2 – £1,850,549
4. (3) Pacific Rim – £1,332,877
5. (4) Now You See Me – £922,669
6. (6) World War Z – £242,057
7. (5) The Internship – £226,680
8. (7) Man of Steel – £134,325
9. (-) The Frozen Ground – £89,515
10. (8) This Is The End – £74,270

Source: Rentrak

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

The Pixar prequel earned £3.4 million to hold off competition from last week’s number one Despicable Me 2 and secure the chart top spot.

Despicable Me 2 has spent its second weekend at the top of the UK box office chart.

The Steve Carell-voiced animation held off competition from the two big new releases Now You See Me and The Internship to secure top spot.

Brad Pitt’s zombie blockbuster World War Z drops down a place to number four, while Man of Steel completes the top five.

The Superman reboot, starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Russell Crowe, has now earned more than £28 million from UK screens.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Sofia Coppola’s latest film The Bling Ring and Bollywood titles Lootera and Singam II. The latter delivered an impressive £4,700 location average from its 14 cinema venues.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Despicable Me 2 – £3,996,837
2. (-) Now You See Me – £2,898,997
3. (-) The Internship – £1,248,431
4. (3) World War Z – £837,347
5. (2) Man of Steel – £802,763
6. (4) This Is The End – £502,946
7. (-) The Bling Ring – £141,425
8. (-) Lootera – £69,153
9. (-) Singam II – £65,806
10. (9) Behind the Candelabra – £49,546

Source: Rentrak

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Despicable Me 2 has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The Steve Carell-voiced animated comedy registered the biggest box office opening of 2013 – beating Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel – to take the top spot with £14.8 million including previews.

Despicable Me 2 is a sharp increase on its predecessor, which debuted to £3.66 million in 2010.

Man of Steel and World War Z both fall a spot each to occupy second and third place in the chart, while new releases This Is The End and Hummingbird complete the top five.

Elsewhere, indie releases Behind the Candelabra and Before Midnight showed the smallest drop-off in ticket sales to land at numbers six and nine respectively.

Man of Steel has held off competition from World War Z to spend its second weekend at the top of the UK box office.

The Henry Cavill-led Superman reboot saw a 55% drop in ticket sales, but its £5 million total was still enough to beat the £4.5 million total for Brad Pitt’s zombie apocalypse epic.