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Man of Steel has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The Henry Cavill-led Superman reboot grossed £11.2 million, making it the second-biggest opening bow of 2013 behind Iron Man 3. Its opening day takings on June 14 were the biggest of the year so far.

“We’re thrilled at the tremendous response we’ve seen from audiences to Zack Snyder’s exciting new vision of the iconic superhero,” said Josh Berger, president and managing director, Warner Bros UK and Ireland.

“Man of Steel has proven to be the must-see film of the summer.”

Man of Steel‘s total easily outpaces the opening for the franchise’s previous instalment Superman Returns, which bowed to £4.34 million in 2006.

This week’s UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Man of Steel – £11,198,786
2. (1) After Earth – £1,231,671
3. (2) The Hangover Part III – £861,554
4. (4) Epic – £852,831
5. (8) Behind the Candelabra – £622,144
6. (3) Fast & Furious 6 – £592,553
7. (5) The Great Gatsby – £433,188
8. (6) Star Trek Into Darkness – £410,016
9. (7) The Purge – £340,716
10. (-) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – £85,505

Source: Rentrak

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After Earth has topped the UK box office charts following its opening weekend.

M Night Shyamalan’s sci-fi, which stars Will Smith as a father who sends his son (Jaden Smith) on a dangerous mission across a hostile post-apocalyptic Earth, pulled in £2.2 million, easily outstripping The Hangover Part III‘s third week haul of £1.1 million.

Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra was the next highest new entry, debuting at number eight with a weekend total of £513, 288.

Shane Meadows’ documentary The Stone Roses: Made of Stone and Michael Shannon thriller The Iceman debuted at ninth and tenth position respectively.

Fast & Furious 6 and Epic both fell one place, while The Great Gatsby overtook Star Trek Into Darkness to claim fifth place after a month on release.

1. (-) After Earth – £2,249,532
2. (1) The Hangover Part III – £1,145,249
3. (2) Fast & Furious 6 – £846,541
4. (3) Epic – £665,456
5. (5) The Great Gatsby – £658,225
6. (4) Star Trek Into Darkness – £616,662
7. (6) The Purge – £541,859
8. (-) Behind the Candelabra – £513,288
9. (-) The Stone Roses: Made of Stone – £367,319
10. (-) The Iceman – £201,789

Source: Rentrak

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The Hangover Part III has retained top position at the UK box office in its second week of release.

The comedy franchise’s third and final instalment pulled in £2.9 million, once again leaving Fast & Furious 6 in second place with just over £2 million.

However, the third film is still significantly under-performing compared to its predecessor The Hangover Part II, which made £10 million upon its release in 2011.

3D animation Epic remained in third place with £1.9 million, while Star Trek Into Darkness overtook The Great Gatsby by a narrow margin, climbing from fifth place to fourth after four weeks on release.

The week’s new entries included Robert De Niro-starring comedy The Big Wedding and British vampire thriller Byzantium, which debuted in seventh and tenth spot respectively.

1. (1) The Hangover Part III – £2,917,887
2. (2) Fast & Furious 6 – £2,054,372
3. (3) Epic – £1,988,507
4. (5) Star Trek Into Darkness – £1,315,069
5. (4) The Great Gatsby – £1,302,008
6. (-) The Purge – £1,019,877
7. (-) The Big Wedding – £595,956
8. (6) Iron Man 3 – £429,102
9. (-) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – £408,491
10. (-) Byzantium – £114,339

Source: Rentrak

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The Hangover Part III has topped the box office on its first weekend on release.

The comedy franchise’s final instalment pulled in £5.9 million to beat Fast & Furious 6 and secure first place in the UK chart.

The Hangover swan song’s opening haul is significantly down from the £10 million earnings of its predecessor in 2011. The third film’s total, however, is more than the £3.1 million debut gross for The Hangover in 2009.

Elsewhere in this week’s chart, 3D animated movie Epic is a new entry at number three and horror The Moth Diaries bows at number seven.

Oz the Great and Powerful experienced a huge surge in ticket sales to re-enter the chart at number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Hangover Part III – £5,964,619
2. (1) Fast & Furious 6 – £3,539,474
3. (-) Epic – £3,190,574
4. (2) The Great Gatsby – £1,972,425
5. (3) Star Trek Into Darkness – £1,948,810
6. (4) Iron Man 3 – £606,579
7. (-) The Moth Diaries – £103,228
8. (5) All Stars – £76,974
9. (6) Mud – £66,580
10. (-) Oz the Great and Powerful – £48,378

Source: Rentrak

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Fast & Furious 6 has topped the box office on its first weekend on release.

Vin Diesel’s blockbuster sequel earned more than £8.7 million to race past The Great Gatsby and secure top spot at UK cinemas.

Fast 6‘s three-day opening haul is a record for studio Universal (beating Les Misérables) and the largest ever debut for a Fast & Furious film in the UK. The movie will open in US cinemas this Friday (May 24).

Diesel revealed plans for Fast & Furious 7 last week, saying that the sequel will take place in LA, Tokyo and the Middle East.

The Great Gatsby also opened impressively in the UK with ticket sales of more than £4 million, while Star Trek Into Darkness – last week’s chart-topper – fell to third spot with £3.6 million.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Fast & Furious 6 – £8,717,534
2. (-) The Great Gatsby – £4,095,325
3. (1) Star Trek Into Darkness – £3,678,228
4. (2) Iron Man 3 – £1,400,462
5. (4) All Stars – £196,579
6. (7) Mud – £129,149
7. (5) The Croods – £120,007
8. (3) 21 & Over – £108,920
9. (6) Olympus Has Fallen – £65,180
10. (8) I’m So Excited – £45,728

Source: Rentrak

Star Trek Into Darkness has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

JJ Abrams’ sci-fi blockbuster pulled in £8.4 million to secure first place ahead of Marvel’s Iron Man 3. Into Darkness‘s opening haul is up from the £5.9 million debut for the 2009 Star Trek reboot.

Iron Man 3 still has the biggest UK opening weekend of 2013, with its £13.7 million bow outpacing Into Darkness and musical Les Misérables (£8.1 million).

Elsewhere, the only other new release to make it into the top 10 is Matthew McConaughey drama Mud at number seven.

Bollywood zombie movie Go Goa Gone and The Reluctant Fundamentalist land just outside at numbers 14 and 15 respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Star Trek Into Darkness – £8,431,574
2. (1) Iron Man 3 – £3,182,108
3. (2) 21 & Over – £580,981
4. (4) All Stars – £498,334
5. (6) The Croods – £383,502
6. (3) Olympus Has Fallen – £362,772
7. (-) Mud – £239,037
8. (7) I’m So Excited – £142,240
9. (9) The Place Beyond the Pines – £139,045
10. (5) Oblivion – £129,648

Source: Rentrak

Iron Man 3 has topped the UK box office for the second weekend running.

The Robert Downey Jr-led superhero blockbuster earned £6.3 million to hold off competition from new college comedy 21 & Over.

Olympus Has Fallen, last week’s chart runner-up, slipped down to number three with £672,755. Family film All Stars debuts at four, while the Tom Cruise sci-fi Oblivion completes the top five.

Elsewhere, the chart also sees new entries from Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited at number seven and Dead Man Down at eight.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Iron Man 3 – £6,307,191
2. (-) 21 & Over – £772,235
3. (2) Olympus Has Fallen – £672,755
4. (-) All Stars – £563,563
5. (3) Oblivion – £398,201
6. (4) The Croods – £394,784
7. (-) I’m So Excited – £310,908
8. (-) Dead Man Down – £294,125
9. (6) The Place Beyond the Pines – £283,348
10. (5) Evil Dead – £243,113

Source: Rentrak

Iron Man 3 has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The Marvel sequel earned £13.7 million to easily soar past rival blockbusters Olympus Has Fallen and Oblivion to top the chart.

The Iron Man sequel’s earnings outperform franchise predecessors Iron Man 2 (which earned £6.7 million in 2010) and Iron Man (£4.7 million in 2008).Iron Man 3 has grossed $195.3 million from international territories, beating The Avengers‘s $185.1 million opening weekend from last year.

However, Joss Whedon’s ensemble blockbuster still has the UK opening weekend edge over Iron Man 3, having taken more than £15 million in April 2011.

Iron Man 3 will further boost its already impressive box office haul when it opens in the US and China this weekend.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Iron Man 3 – £13,711,048
2. (1) Olympus Has Fallen – £913,370
3. (2) Oblivion – £682,543
4. (4) The Croods – £605,589
5. (3) Evil Dead – £538,466
6. (5) The Place Beyond the Pines – £422,035
7. (-) The Look of Love – £208,557
8. (6) Scary Movie 5 – £162,231
9. (7) Love Is All You Need – £129,465
10. (10) Oz the Great and Powerful – £70,191

Source: Rentrak

Olympus Has Fallen has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart’s White House-set action movie pulled in £2.2 million to beat Tom Cruise’s Oblivion and secure first place. The sci-fi movie experienced a sharp 67% drop in ticket sales to fall into second spot.

Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez’s remake of the cult classic horror, debuts at number three with £1.3 million. DreamWorks animated movie The Croods falls two places to four, while The Place Beyond the Pines rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, Pierce Brosnan’s romantic comedy Love Is All You Need debuts at number seven with £202,176.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Olympus Has Fallen – £2,247,900
2. (1) Oblivion – £1,656,895
3. (-) Evil Dead – £1,375,842
4. (2) The Croods – £678,951
5. (4) The Place Beyond the Pines – £580,790
6. (3) Scary Movie 5 – £453,099
7. (-) Love Is All You Need – £202,176
8. (5) GI Joe: Retaliation – £191,201
9. (6) Jack the Giant Slayer – £153,295
10. (7) Oz the Great and Powerful – £137,363

Source: Rentrak

Tom Cruise’s Oblivion has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The science fiction blockbuster, directed by Tron: Legacy‘s Joseph Kosinski, debuted to £4.9 million to see off competition from last week’s chart-topper The Croods.

Oblivion‘s total is up from the £3.5 million earned by Cruise’s last outing Jack Reacher, but falls short of the £8 million total of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

New releases Scary Movie 5 and The Place Beyond the Pines chart at numbers three and four respectively, while GI Joe: Retaliation dips three places to complete the top five.

Elsewhere, the most dramatic faller is horror Dark Skies. The Keri Russell-led film tumbles down six places to number nine after a sharp 70% drop in ticket sales.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Oblivion – £4,959,386
2. (1) The Croods – £1,999,475
3. (-) Scary Movie 5 – £1,085,932
4. (-) The Place Beyond the Pines – £671,119
5. (2) GI Joe: Retaliation – £525,234
6. (5) Jack the Giant Slayer – £451,509
7. (6) Oz the Great and Powerful – £391,733
8. (4) Trance – £339,480
9. (3) Dark Skies – £308,456
10. (7) The Host – £239,291

Source: Rentrak