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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel stayed top of the UK box office chart for a second week.

The sequel – which stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Richard Gere – earned £1.9m in total.

Will Smith’s Focus climbed a spot to second place with takings of £1.3m, while Fifty Shades of Grey slipped to third with £1.1m.

Neil Blomkamp’s new film Chappie opened in fourth place, taking in a total of £1m. Big Hero 6 completes the top five with over £818,000.

Lower down the chart, Julianne Moore’s Still Alice landed in eighth with £401k, while Vince Vaughn comedy Unfinished Business entered at nine with £394k.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £1,957,256
2. (3) Focus – £1,312,963
3. (2) Fifty Shades of Grey – £1,066,813
4. (-) Chappie – £1,015,058
5. (4) Big Hero 6 – £818,737
6. (5) Shaun the Sheep Movie – £611,005
7. (6) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £450,947
8. (-) Still Alice – £401,565
9. (-) Unfinished Business – £394,177
10. (8) It Follows – £229,927

Source: Rentrak

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has knocked Fifty Shades of Grey from the top of the UK box office.

The sequel – which stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Richard Gere – earned £3.8m over its opening weekend.

Fifty Shades of Grey took £2.2m in second place, bringing its UK total to more than £30m in just three weeks.

Meanwhile, Will Smith’s latest release Focus earned £1.9m to finish the weekend in third place.

Big Hero 6 and Shaun the Sheep Movie are at numbers four and five respectively.

Jennifer Lopez’s erotic thriller The Boy Next Door debuts at number seven, while horror film It Follows enters the chart at eight.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £3,771,852
2. (1) Fifty Shades of Grey – £2,248,492
3. (-) Focus– £1,910,245
4. (2) Big Hero 6 – £1,219,171
5. (3) Shaun the Sheep Movie – £1,008,452
6. (4) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £667,464
7. (-) The Boy Next Door – £406,174
8. (-) It Follows – £371,142
9. (5) The Wedding Ringer – £368,213
10. (8) The Theory of Everything – £333,039

Source: Rentrak

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Fifty Shades of Grey has topped the UK box office for a second consecutive week.

The big-screen adaptation of EL James’s best-selling erotic novel pulled in nearly £4.6 million to stay ahead of Big Hero 6.

Fifty Shades, starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, has now grossed more than $400 million at the worldwide box office. It is the number one movie in the US.

Shaun the Sheep Movie and Kingsman: The Secret Service remain in third and fourth spots respectively.

Kevin Hart romantic comedy The Wedding Ringer enters the chart at number five, with Michael Bay’s Project Almanac at number six.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Fifty Shades of Grey – £4,597,092
2. (2) Big Hero 6 – £2,581,806
3. (3) Shaun the Sheep Movie – £2,429,181
4. (4) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £1,216,497
5. (-) The Wedding Ringer – £990,445
6. (-) Project Almanac – £868,030
7. (6) Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots – £504,253
8. (8) The Theory of Everything – £445,461
9. (5) Jupiter Ascending – £436,526
10. (7) American Sniper – £414,648

Source: Rentrak

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Fifty Shades of Grey has shattered box office records in the UK.

The big-screen adaptation of EL James’s best-selling erotic novel earned £13.5 million to take home top spot in the UK ahead of Big Hero 6 and the Shaun the Sheep Movie.

Fifty Shades is the UK and Ireland’s biggest ever 18 certificate and non-franchise/sequel opening, as well as the largest February and Valentine’s Day debut. The film also has the biggest opening weekend bow of 2015 so far.

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s movie, which stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, has so far grossed more than $260 million at the worldwide box office and is the number one movie in the US.

Elsewhere in the week’s UK chart, the only other new release to make a dent in the top ten is Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots. The family film earned £687,417 on its debut weekend on release.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Fifty Shades of Grey – £13,550,290
2. (1) Big Hero 6 – £1,841,570
3. (3) Shaun the Sheep Movie – £1,736,986
4. (2) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £1,605,942
5. (4) Jupiter Ascending – £827,604
6. (-) Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots – £687,417
7. (5) American Sniper – £641,174
8. (7) The Theory of Everything – £522,465
9. (6) Selma – £429,086
10. (11) Paddington – £208,857

Source: Rentrak

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Big Hero 6 has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The Disney animation, inspired by characters appearing in Marvel Comics, took its running total in the UK to £7.4 million after two weeks on release.

In second place is Kingsman: The Secret Service with a strong showing of just over £2 million, with Shaun the Sheep The Movie charting close behind at number three.

New release Jupiter Ascending is at number four ahead of American Sniper.

Elsewhere, the chart also sees new entries for Oscar-nominated Civil Rights drama Selma at number six and controversial comedy The Interview. The latter’s belated UK debut saw it net just £283,811 to enter at number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Big Hero 6 – £2,540,116
2. (2) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £2,190,090
3. (-) Shaun the Sheep Movie – £2,095,061
4. (-) Jupiter Ascending – £1,349,938
5. (3) American Sniper – £980,434
6. (-) Selma – £792,365
7. (4) The Theory of Everything – £626,335
8. (6) Into the Woods – £326,355
9. (5) Taken 3 – £323,346
10. (-) The Interview – £283,811

Source: Rentrak

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Big Hero 6 has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

Disney’s latest animation earned £4,293,286 to take the top spot ahead of Colin Firth’s spy thriller Kingsman: The Secret Service. The victory was a narrow one, with Kingsman trailing behind with a £4,241,292 opening.

American Sniper, last week’s number one movie, slips down to number three, with The Theory of Everything and Taken 3 rounding out the top five.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice and the Met Opera’s screening of Les Contes D’Hoffmann.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Big Hero 6 – £4,293,286
2. (-) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £4,241,292
3. (1) American Sniper – £1,586,745
4. (3) The Theory of Everything – £1,032,912
5. (2) Taken 3 – £801,562
6. (4) Into the Woods – £734,370
7. (6) Paddington – £442,869
8. (5) Ex Machina – £410,327
9. (-) Inherent Vice – £363,133
10. (-) Les Contes D’Hoffmann – Met Opera 2015 – £238,597

Source: Rentrak

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American Sniper has risen to the top of the UK box office in its second week of release.

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper’s war drama earned £2.5 million to secure first place this week, with Liam Neeson’s Taken 3 dropping to second spot with £1.8 million.

Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything remains in third place, while Into The Woods holds firm at four.

Oscar Isaac’s sci-fi thriller Ex Machina debuts at number five with earnings of £1.09 million.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Johnny Depp’s Mortdecai and Mark Wahlberg’s The Gambler.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) American Sniper – £2,539,534
2. (1) Taken 3 – £1,809,724
3. (3) The Theory of Everything – £1,588,737
4. (4) Into the Woods – £1,347,845
5. (-) Ex Machina – £1,093,952
6. (5) Paddington – £748,628
7. (-) Mortdecai – £484,878
8. (-) The Gambler – £381,554
9. (8) Birdman – £380,113
10. (7) Whiplash – £376,485

Source: Rentrak

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Taken 3 has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

Liam Neeson’s action-thriller earned £3.2 million to secure first place in the chart, with Bradley Cooper’s American Sniper in second spot with a debut haul of £2.5 million.

Despite Sniper‘s huge success Stateside, UK audiences have been less welcoming to Clint Eastwood’s war drama. The film narrowly pipped The Theory of Everything, on its third week in cinemas, to second place.

Into the Woods sits at number four, while Paddington continues its impressive box office run by charting at five after two months on general release.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Whiplash, Wild and the live broadcast of Met Opera’s The Merry Widow.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Taken 3 – £3,295,309
2. (-) American Sniper – £2,530,473
3. (3) The Theory of Everything – £2,326,539
4. (2) Into the Woods – £1,999,377
5. (5) Paddington – £943,320
6. (4) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – £640,490
7. (-) Whiplash – £573,546
8. (8) Birdman – £551,250
9. (-) Wild – £524,941
10. (-) The Merry Widow – Met Opera 2015 – £463,195

Source: Rentrak

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Taken 3 has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The Liam Neeson-led action movie earned £6.7 million to take first place, easily outpacing Disney’s adaptation of musical Into the Woods.

The latter debuted to £2.47m, just outpacing awards-tipped Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Paddington round out the top five.

Elsewhere, the only other new release to enter the top ten was Foxcatcher. The sports drama, starring Channing Tatum and Steve Carell, pulled in £877,408 to chart at number six.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Taken 3 – £6,714,530
2. (-) Into the Woods – £2,476.409
3. (1) The Theory of Everything – £2,462,191
4. (2) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – £1,276,109
5. (3) Paddington – £1,268,785
6. (-) Foxcatcher – £877,408
7. (4) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death – £837,653
8. (7) Birdman – £826,316
9. (5) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – £648,885
10. (8) Annie – £627,910

Source: Rentrak

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The Theory of Everything has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The Eddie Redmayne-led Stephen Hawking biopic earned £3.7 million to secure first place ahead of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

Co-starring Felicity Jones as Hawking’s first wife Jane, the film follows Hawking’s university romance and his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The Hobbit finale, which has now surpassed £36 million in lifetime grosses in the UK, sits in second place ahead of Paddington. The family movie has now earned more than £30 million in the UK, marking an impressive haul for the StudioCanal release.

New release The Woman in Black: Angel of Death and Exodus: Gods and Kings round out the top five.

Elsewhere, Michael Keaton’s Birdman debuts at number seven with £1.5 million.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Theory of Everything – £3,749,293
2. (1) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – £3,246,845
3. (3) Paddington – £2,834,003
4. (-) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death – £2,431,823
5. (5) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – £1,736,233
6. (2) Exodus: Gods and Kings – £1,575,131
7. (-) Birdman – £1,524,667
8. (4) Annie – £1,347,598
9. (6) Dumb & Dumber To – £752,738
10. (8) Penguins of Madagascar – £629,774

Source: Rentrak

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