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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The final instalment in Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series takes in £5.3 million to beat Skyfall‘s £3.8 million haul and secure first place. The latest James Bond movie has now earned £89 million, putting it £3 million behind Avatar in the all-time UK box office rankings.

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! leads the pack of new releases, earning £1.6 million to debut at number three. Close behind is Silver Linings Playbook with £1.2 million at number four.

Gambit, starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz, completes the top five with £689,042.

Elsewhere, Jake Gyllenhaal’s cop thriller End of Watch debuts at number seven with £618,546 and Bollywood release Jab Tak Hai Jaan falls six places to number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 – £5,344,598
2. (2) Skyfall – £3,809,893
3. (-) Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! – £1,614,675
4. (-) Silver Linings Playbook – £1,260,979
5. (-) Gambit – £689,042
6. (3) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – £637,130
7. (-) End of Watch – £618.546
8. (5) Argo – £495,689
9. (6) The Master – £201,844
10. (4) Jab Tak Hai Jaan – £198,671

Source: Rentrak

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has opened in first place at the UK box office.

The Twilight finale earns £15.8 million from 558 locations, making it the second biggest debut of 2012 in the UK. Breaking Dawn – Part 2‘s first-weekend earnings outstrip those of the The Avengers (£15m) and The Dark Knight Rises (£14m), but fall behind Skyfall‘s £20 million bow.

Breaking Dawn – Part 2 also posts the biggest debut of all the Twilight movies in the UK. Predecessor Breaking Dawn – Part 1 pulled in £13.91m in 2011, Eclipse £13.76m in 2010, New Moon £11.68m in 2009 and Twilight £2.51m in 2008.

Skyfall falls to number two on its third weekend on release, losing 47 per cent in ticket sales to earn £5.5m. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted falls a spot to number three, while Shah Rukh Khan’s Jab Tak Hai Jaan – the final movie from Yash Chopra – is at number four.

Ben Affleck’s Argo completes the top five.

The Master, which widened its screen count after an initial release at the Odeon Leicester Square, climbs up from number 16 to six.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 – £15,850,825
2. (1) Skyfall – £5,566,537
3. (2) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – £966,116
4. (-) Jab Tak Hai Jaan – £893,953
5. (3) Argo – £807,457
6. (16) The Master – £372,360
7. (6) Hotel Transylvania – £233,959
8. (-) Son of Sardaar – £214,296
9. (5) Taken 2 – £136,495
10. (-) Thuppakki – £134,280

Source: Rentrak

Skyfall has continued its box office dominance, earning £10 million on its third weekend to become the fifth biggest movie of all time in the UK.

Daniel Craig’s latest James Bond outing, released to mark the spy franchise’s 50th anniversary, has now grossed a huge £72m from UK cinemas alone.

The 23rd 007 movie sits behind Avatar (£94m), Titanic (£80m), Toy Story 3 (£73.8m) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (£73.1m) in the list of top-grossing films in the UK.

Madagascar 3 retains its place at number two in the chart, while new releases Argo and Here Comes the Boom debut at numbers three and four respectively.

Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 completes the top five.

Elsewhere, the only other new release to make it into the top ten is Chris O’Dowd’s The Sapphires, which pulls in £337,641 from 233 locations.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Skyfall – £10,447,385
2. (2) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – £1,357,193
3. (-) Argo – £1,287,770
4. (-) Here Comes the Boom – £433,053
5. (5) Taken 2 – £402,121
6. (4) Hotel Transylvania – £361,994
7. (-) The Sapphires – £337,641
8. (3) Silent Hill: Revelation 3D – £252,406
9. (8) Rust and Bone – £154,806
10. (7) Paranormal Activity 4 – £150,652

Source: Rentrak

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

Daniel Craig’s latest James Bond outing pulls in $16.1 million, just a 20% drop from opening weekend, to hold off Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and secure the top spot.

New release Silent Hill: Revelation charts at number three, while Hotel Transylvania and Taken 2 round out the top five.

Fun Size, the Nickelodeon-produced comedy starring Victoria Justice, bows at number six with £410,028.

Elsewhere, Marion Cotillard’s Rust and Bone is the only other new release to make the top ten. The Jacques Audiard-helmed romantic drama debuts at number eight with £252,099.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Skyfall – £16,107,687
2. (2) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – £2,863,112
3. (-) Silent Hill: Revelation – £1,043,068
4. (5) Hotel Transylvania – £810,821
5. (3) Taken 2 – £688,148
6. (-) Fun Size – £410,028
7. (4) Paranormal Activity 4 – £401,478
8. (-) Rust and Bone – £252,099
9. (7) Frankenweenie – £234,465
10. (6) Sinister – £180,783

Source: Rentrak