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Avengers: Age of Ultron has triumphed at the UK box office for the third consecutive weekend.

The Marvel sequel has fended off competition from Spooks: The Greater Good with takings of £3.51m, while Kit Harington’s spy film earned £1.01m.

Far from the Madding Crowd slips to third spot in its second week of release with £833,804, while Unfriended drops one place to four with £662,622.

There are new entries from The Age of Adaline and Big Game at five and seven respectively.

Fast & Furious 7, Home and Cinderella also feature in this week’s Top 10.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (1) Avengers: Age of Ultron – £3,509,620
2. (-) Spooks: The Greater Good – £1,010,363
3. (2) Far From the Madding Crowd – £833,804
4. (3) Unfriended – £662,622
5. (-) The Age of Adaline – £570,386
6. (4) Fast & Furious 7 – £551,153
7. (-) Big Game – £535,905
8. (5) Home – £399,621
9. (6) Cinderella – £327,653
10. (7) Two by Two – £293,915

Source: Rentrak

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Avengers: Age of Ultron has triumphed at the box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Marvel’s superhero blockbuster pulled in £8.5 million over the Bank Holiday weekend, taking its total earnings past the £32 million mark in the UK.

Age of Ultron is now closing in on Fast & Furious 7 as the highest-earning film in the UK in 2015. The Vin Diesel-led action sequel has made more than £36 million, while Fifty Shades of Grey sits just behind it in third place with £34.8 million.

Elsewhere in this week’s box office top 10, Far from the Madding Crowd is the highest new entry at number two with £1.4 million. Carey Mulligan’s period drama charts just ahead of horror Unfriended, which made £1.3 million.

Fast & Furious 7 and Home complete the top five, with animation Two by Two the only other new release to make the top 10.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (1) Avengers: Age of Ultron – £8,591,670
2. (-) Far from the Madding Crowd – £1,450,297
3. (-) Unfriended – £1,346,952
4. (2) Fast & Furious 7 – £1,113,888
5. (4) Home – £732,514
6. (3) Cinderella – £675,425
7. (-) Two by Two – £566,871
8. (7) SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £203,935
9. (6) Woman in Gold – £190,175
10. (8) Child 44 – £114,301

Source: Rentrak

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Simon Pegg has the power to change the world in the first trailer for the Terry Jones comedy Absolutely Anything.

The actor plays a school teacher who has magical powers bestowed upon him by a group of aliens.

The first trailer also features Dennis the dog, voiced by Robin Williams in his final role.

Monty Python stars Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam will provide the voices of the alien creatures.

Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Eddie Izzard and Rob Riggle also star in the comedy.

Absolutely Anything launches in UK cinemas on August 14, 2015.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron has topped the UK box office, delivering record-breaking figures.

The Marvel blockbuster earned more than £18 million to record the biggest ever April opening, as well as the highest ever for a superhero movie.

Fast & Furious 7 drops to second place after three consecutive weekends at the top, ahead of Cinderella and Home.

The Met Opera’s Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci is a new entry at number five, while Get Hard re-enters the top ten at number nine.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Avengers: Age of Ultron – £18,015,774
2. (1) Fast & Furious 7 – £1,607,659
3. (2) Cinderella – £757,113
4. (3) Home – £675,401
5. (-) Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci – £337,698
6. (5) Woman in Gold – £281,230
7. (6) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £251,199
8. (4) Child 44 – £229,653
9. (RE) Get Hard – £155,632
10. (8) The DUFF – £151,514

Source: Rentrak

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Fast & Furious 7 has topped the UK box office for the third consecutive weekend.

The action sequel earned £3 million to secure first place and take its cumulative UK earnings past the £32 million mark. Worldwide the film recently crossed $1 billion after just 17 days on release.

Cinderella sits in second place ahead of Home and new release Child 44.

Woman in Gold climbs up two places to number five, while the only other new film to crack the top ten is Alan Rickman’s directorial offering A Little Chaos, which debuts at number seven.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Fast & Furious 7 – £3,39,720
2. (2) Cinderella – £1,083,245
3. (3) Home – £854,377
4. (-) Child 44 – £505,558
5. (7) Woman in Gold – £372,423
6. (5) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water – £365,505
7. (-) A Little Chaos – £331,530
8. (4) The DUFF – £326,105
9. (6) John Wick – £311,102
10. (8) Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – £289,809

Source: Rentrak

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Fast & Furious 7 has won the UK box office for a second consecutive week.

The latest instalment of the racing series – starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez – earned three times as much as its nearest competitor with £5.4m.

Disney’s live-action adaptation of Cinderella holds firm at number two with £1.8m, while Rihanna’s animation Home remains at three with £1.5m.

High school comedy The DUFF is a new entry at four, taking £891,691. There are also new entries for John Wick, Woman in Gold and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.

Get Hard and Insurgent complete this week’s Top 10 at nine and ten respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Fast & Furious 7 – £5,410,822
2. (2) Cinderella – £1,785,864
3. (3) Home – £1,544,988
4. (-) The DUFF – £891,691
5. (4) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £651,140
6. (-) John Wick – £539,602
7. (-) Woman in Gold – £494,512
8. (-) Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – £480,158
9. (5) Get Hard – £376,917
10. (6) The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £232,793

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Fast & Furious 7 has debuted at the top of the UK box office.

The latest instalment of the racing series – starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez – took £12.8m over its opening weekend.

Disney’s live-action Cinderella drops to number two with £2.9m, while Home sits at three with £2.4m.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and Shailene Woodley’s YA sequel Insurgent lie in fourth and fifth place respectively.

Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner debuts in seventh place with £521,546, while While We’re Young enters at eight, taking £427,151.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel drops to tenth in its sixth week of release.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Fast & Furious 7 – £12,765,033
2. (1) Cinderella – £2,969,426
3. (2) Home – £2,387,579
4. (3) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £1,121,097
5. (4) Get Hard – £845,040
6. (5) The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £594,587
7. (-) The Water Diviner – £521,546
8. (-) While We’re Young – £427,151
9. (-) Blade Runner: The Final Cut – £267,452
10. (6) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £176,769

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Cinderella has debuted at the top of the UK box office.

Disney’s live-action re-imagining of the classic fairy tale – starring Lily James, Cate Blanchett and Richard Madden – took £3.8m since its release on March 27.

Home with Jim Parsons and Rihanna drops to number two, claiming £2.6m.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water enters in third place with £2.2m, while Get Hard earns £1.4m on its debut, making number four.

Divergent sequel Insurgent rounds off the top five, taking £1.3m.

Lower down, Seventh Son and Wild Tales enter the chart at seven and nine respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Cinderella – £3,803,799
2. (1) Home – £2,601,755
3. (-) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £2,262,498
4. (-) Get Hard – £1,438,389
5. (2) The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £1,307,487
6. (3) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £432,477
7. (-) Seventh Son – £411,576
8. (4) Focus – £293,243
9. (-) Wild Tales – £183,423
10. (8) Still Alice – £169,144

Source: Rentrak

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Home has beaten Insurgent to the top of the UK box office.

The children’s animation, starring Jim Parsons and Rihanna, has claimed £6m since its release on March 20.

Divergent sequel Insurgent secures the number two spot with earnings of £2.9m, while last week’s number one The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel falls to three with £671,000.

Focus is at four, as Sean Penn’s The Gunman rounds out the top five with £405,000.

Run All Night‘s takings of £348,000 lands it at number six, and Suite Francaise falls to number seven.

Still Alice moves to eight, as Fifty Shades of Grey spends its sixth week within the top ten at number nine.

Wild Card debuts at number 10 with £152,000.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Home – £6,025,917
2. (-) The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £2,938,860
3. (1) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £671,088
4. (3) Focus – £490,317
5. (-) The Gunman – £405,934
6. (2) Run All Night – £348,638
7. (4) Suite Francaise – £268,607
8. (7) Still Alice – £257,016
9. (5) Fifty Shades Of Grey – £235,681
10. (-) Wild Card – £152,034

Source: Rentrak

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has won the UK box office for a third consecutive week.

The comedy-drama sequel – starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Richard Gere – fended off competition from Run All Night and claimed £1.4m.

Liam Neeson’s latest thriller Run All Night takes £823,000 to secure second spot. Focus drops to third with £805,000.

Suite Francaise with Michelle Williams opens with £503,000, while Fifty Shades of Grey spends its fifth week in the top five, earning £487,000.

Meanwhile, Still Alice rises one place to seventh.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £1,409,311
2. (-) Run All Night – £823,833
3. (2) Focus – £805,244
4. (-) Suite Francaise – £503,928
5. (3) Fifty Shades of Grey – £487,635
6. (4) Chappie – £448,288
7. (8) Still Alice – £419,327
8. (5) Big Hero 6 – £387,905
9. (7) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £292,368
10. (6) Shaun the Sheep Movie – £262,862

Source: Rentrak

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