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Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy The Dictator has topped the UK box office in its first weekend on release.

The film, which sees Cohen play Wadiyan tyrant Admiral General Aladeen, pulls in an impressive £4.9 million to end Avengers‘s three-week reign at the chart summit.

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows holds its spot at number three, while American Pie: Reunion falls down two spots to number four.

Gareth Evans’s martial arts action epic The Raid debuts at number five with £417,596 from 297 locations.

Elsewhere, the chart sees a re-entry from Aardman’s The Pirates! at number nine. The Hugh Grant-voiced 3D animation sees a 4% climb in ticket sales to leap back into the top ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Dictator – £4,963,745
2. (1) Avengers Assemble – £2,814,216
3. (3) Dark Shadows – £1,638,651
4. (2) American Pie: Reunion – £1,372,896
5. (-) The Raid – £417,596
6. (5) Beauty and the Beast 3D – £395,660
7. (4) The Lucky One – £252,447
8. (7) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – £167,171
9. (11) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £132,235
10. (6) Safe – £121,399

Source: Rentrak

Marvel’s Avengers Assemble has topped the UK box office for the third consecutive weekend.

Joss Whedon’s superhero ensemble pulls in £4.1 million to again hold off competition from American Pie: Reunion and secure top spot.

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows remake debuts at number three with a £2.4 million haul ahead of Zac Efron’s The Lucky One and the 3D re-release of Beauty and the Beast.

Jason Statham’s Safe and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen both slip a place to numbers six and seven respectively.

New release Piranha 3DD debuts at number eight with a total of £242,889. The horror sequel’s opening haul falls far below the £1.33 million total its predecessor Piranha 3D earned in 2010.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Avengers Assemble – £4,169,087
2. (2) American Pie: Reunion – £2,546,626
3. (-) Dark Shadows – £2,404,029
4. (3) The Lucky One – £431,576
5. (4) Beauty and the Beast – £422,924
6. (5) Safe – £298,201
7. (6) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – £259,550
8. (-) Piranha 3DD – £242,889
9. (-) How I Spent My Summer Vacation – £152,728
10. (7) The Hunger Games – £143,542

Source: Rentrak

Avengers Assemble has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Marvel’s superhero ensemble, which stars Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth and Scarlett Johansson, pulls in more than £8 million to see off competition from comedy sequel American Pie: Reunion.

Zac Efron’s war drama The Lucky One debuts at number three ahead of the 3D re-release of Beauty and the Beast, while Jason Statham’s action thriller Safe rounds out the top five.

Last week’s runner-up Salmon Fishing in the Yemen falls down four places to number six, The Hunger Games is at number seven and Aardman’s The Pirates! lands at eight.

Silent House is the only other new release to make the top ten. Elizabeth Olsen’s single-take horror movie debuts at number nine with £214,731.

The UK box office top ten figures in full:
1. (1) Avengers Assemble – £8,121,916
2. (-) American Pie: Reunion – £6,334,539
3. (-) The Lucky One – £1,159,435
4. (-) Beauty and the Beast 3D – £685,024
5. (-) Safe – £679,716
6. (2) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – £641,051
7. (3) The Hunger Games – £346,807
8. (4) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £318,039
9. (-) Silent House – £214,731
10. (7) Mirror Mirror – £207,319

Source: Rentrak

Marvel’s Avengers movie has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend of release.

Joss Whedon’s superhero ensemble ends Battleship‘s reign at the top of the chart with a record-breaking £15.4 million opening.

Avengers posted the second-biggest four-day UK opening after Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007. It has already outperformed the entire box office runs of earlier Marvel films The Incredible Hulk (£8.2 million), Captain America (£9.5 million) and Thor (£14 million).

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and The Hunger Games are non-movers at numbers two and three, while The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! moves up two places to number six.

The Cabin in the Woods, produced by Whedon, completes the top five with £561,905.

Battleship tumbles down four places to number six. Rihanna’s movie debut has now grossed more than £7 million since opening in UK cinemas in April.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Avengers Assemble – £15,778,074
2. (2) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – £1,085,687
3. (3) The Hunger Games – £744,079
4. (6) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! – £663,775
5. (4) The Cabin in the Woods – £561,905
6. (2) Battleship – £501,283
7. (8) Mirror Mirror – £437,356
8. (5) Titanic – £366,749
9. (9) 21 Jump Street – £205,514
10. (7) Lockout – £169,133

Source: Rentrak

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

Rihanna’s movie debut experiences a 66% drop in ticket sales, but its £1.2 million haul is still enough to see it edge past Ewan McGregor’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

The 3D re-release of Titanic completes the top five, taking in £925,740 from its 398 locations nationwide.

Elsewhere, new releases Lockout and Gone enter the chart top ten. Guy Pearce’s sci-fi action film debuts at number seven ahead of the Amanda Seyfried thriller, which bows at number 10.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Battleship – £1,282,091
2. (-) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – £1,169,235
3. (4) The Hunger Games – £1,070,787
4. (3) The Cabin in the Woods – £1,033,533
5. (2) Titanic – £925,740
6. (5) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £772,887
7. (-) Lockout – £596,500
8. (6) Mirror Mirror – £535,093
9. (7) 21 Jump Street – £376,781
10. (-) Gone – £275,087

Source: Rentrak

Battleship has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

Rihanna’s movie debut, which is inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, pulls in more than £3.7 million to secure the number one spot ahead of James Cameron’s 3D re-release of Titanic.

Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods, the long-delayed horror movie starring Chris Hemsworth, debuts at number three with £1.6 million from 414 locations.

The Hunger Games falls from second spot to number four, while Aardman’s The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists rounds out the top five.

Snow White tale Mirror Mirror, starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts, slips three places to occupy the number six spot ahead of 21 Jump Street and Wrath of the Titans.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Battleship – £3,763,348
2. (1) Titanic – £1,809,737
3. (-) The Cabin in the Woods – £1,601,161
4. (2) The Hunger Games – £1,494,174
5. (4) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £1,477,517
6. (3) Mirror Mirror – £913,134
7. (6) 21 Jump Street – £528,122
8. (5) Wrath of the Titans – £495,768
9. (8) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £273,338
10. (9) StreetDance 2 – £220,087

Source: Rentrak

Titanic has topped the Easter box office in the UK, ending The Hunger Games‘s two-week reign in the number one spot.

James Cameron’s 3D re-release of his 1997 blockbuster, back in cinemas to mark the 100-year anniversary of Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage, pulls in £2.8 million to secure first place ahead of Jennifer Lawrence’s action movie.

Titanic‘s 3D opening haul will be added to the £68m the romantic epic earned from its initial UK theatrical run in 1998.

The Hunger Games‘s £2.39 million gross puts it just ahead of family adventure Mirror Mirror, which collects £2.38 million over the Easter break.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists falls a place to number four, while last week’s runner-up Wrath of the Titans completes the top five with £1.3 million.

Elsewhere, Henry Cavill’s latest movie The Cold Light of Day debuts at number seven and Bollywood sequel Housefull 2 lands at number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Titanic – £2,856,540
2. (1) The Hunger Games – £2,394,782
3. (-) Mirror Mirror – £2,389,033
4. (3) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £2,166,162
5. (2) Wrath of the Titans – £1,368,131
6. (4) 21 Jump Street – £845,869
7. (-) The Cold Light of Day – £503,985
8. (6) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £451,307
9. (5) StreetDance 2 – £424,833
10. (-) Housefull 2 – £396,475

Source: Rentrak

The Hunger Games has held off competition from Wrath of the Titans to top the UK box office for the second consecutive week.

Jennifer Lawrence’s action movie pulls in £2.9 million to edge past Sam Worthington’s fantasy sequel and secure the number one spot.

The race for second place was hotly contested, with Wrath taking in £2.19 million against the £2.17 haul for Aardman’s latest animation The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists.

21 Jump Street falls two places to number four, while StreetDance 2 is at five.

The dance movie’s £608,024 haul falls short of its predecessor’s impressive £2,493,948 opening in 2010, which outpaced summer blockbuster Prince of Persia.

Elsewhere, Werner Herzog’s film about death row inmate Michael Perry, Into the Abyss, is the only other new release to chart in the top ten.

The critically-acclaimed documentary earns £71,549 from its cinema run.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Hunger Games – £2,986,317
2. (-) Wrath of the Titans – £2,192,740
3. (-) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – £2,176,195
4. (2) 21 Jump Street – £962,537
5. (-) StreetDance 2 – £608,024
6. (3) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £489,707
7. (4) The Devil Inside – £239,741
8. (5) We Bought a Zoo – £164,308
9. (6) Contraband – £137,497
10. (-) Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life – £71,549

Source: Rentrak

Jennifer Lawrence’s teen action movie The Hunger Games has topped the UK box office.

The movie, which co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, broke records in the US over the weekend with a $155 million haul.

The Hunger Games‘s UK opening gross, £4.9 million, easily outpaces the £2.5 million earned by Twilight in 2008. However, the fledgling franchise falls short of matching its three sequels New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn – Part 1, which all surpassed £10 million on their opening weekends.

Comedy 21 Jump Street and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel hold steady at numbers two and three respectively, while last week’s chart-topper The Devil Inside tumbles to number four.

We Bought a Zoo rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, the only other new release to dent the top ten is Act of Valour. The US-produced war movie, which features active Marines among its cast, lands at number eight with £214,401.

The UK box office top ten figures in full:
1. (-) The Hunger Games – £4,900,177
2. (2) 21 Jump Street – £1,184,044
3. (3) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £747,122
4. (1) The Devil Inside – £643,036
5. (5) We Bought a Zoo – £408,821
6. (6) Contraband – £315,666
7. (4) John Carter – £297,762
8. (-) Act of Valour – £262,935
9. (7) The Woman in Black – £214,401
10. (9) The Muppets – £168,381

Source: Rentrak

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has dominated this year’s Jameson Empire Awards with three wins.

The 17th Empire Awards took place today (Sunday, March 25) with Lauren Laverne and Chris Hewitt hosting from London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 won two trophies for ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Director’ for David Yates.

Kenneth Branagh’s Thor won ‘Best Sci-Fi’, while The Inbetweeners won ‘Best Comedy’. ‘Best Horror’ was given to Ben Wheatley’s Kill List.

Tyrannosaur‘s Olivia Colman won ‘Best Actress’, with Michael Fassbender winning the ‘Empire Hero’ award.

Felicity Jones was crowned ‘Best Female Newcomer’ for her role in Like Crazy, with Tom Hiddleston winning the ‘Best Male Newcomer’ award for Thor.

Ron Howard was presented with the ‘Empire Inspiration’ award for his contribution to film.

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