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Wreck-It Ralph has returned to the top of the UK box office, beating Bruce Willis’ A Good Day to Die Hard.

The Disney movie maintained its takings of £3.4 million to leap up a spot into pole position. The Die Hard sequel dropped 64% in ticket sales to fall into second place.

Mama, the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror starring Jessica Chastain, is a new entry at number three with £1.5 million. Oscar-winning musical Les Misérables holds its place at number four, while I Give It A Year completes the top five.

Elsewhere, new releases Cloud Atlas and Song for Marion enter the top ten at numbers six and eight respectively.

This week will see the release of high-profile films Broken City, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Safe Haven and Stoker, all of which will be looking to make a dent in the top ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) Wreck-It Ralph – £3,420,196
2. (1) A Good Day to Die Hard – £1,646,541
3. (-) Mama – £1,512,297
4. (4) Les Misérables – £765,367
5. (6) I Give It A Year – £632,195
6. (-) Cloud Atlas – £544,725
7. (3) This Is 40 – £473,915
8. (-) Song for Marion – £456,714
9. (7) Django Unchained – £427,027
10. (5) Beautiful Creatures – £398,401

Source: Rentrak

A Good Day to Die Hard has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The Valentine’s Day release, which sees Bruce Willis’ John McClane head to Russia, earned more than £4.5 million in ticket sales to see off Disney animation Wreck-It Ralph.

This Is 40, the latest comedy from Judd Apatow, debuts at number three with £1.2 million ahead of musical Les Misérables. Beautiful Creatures, the supernatural teen romance starring Alice Englert, completes the top five with earnings of £1.1 million.

Elsewhere, children’s animated movie Sammy’s Great Escape is the only other new release to make the top ten, debuting at number eight with £519,049.

Outside the top 10 Keanu Reeves’s documentary Side by Side pulled in £3,207 from seven locations, while Danny Dyer’s Run for Your Wife earned just £602 from nine cinema venues.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) A Good Day to Die Hard – £4,551,115
2. (1) Wreck-It Ralph – £3,436,400
3. (-) This Is 40 – £1,229,352
4. (2) Les Misérables – £1,126,168
5. (-) Beautiful Creatures – £1,109,167
6. (3) I Give It a Year – £1,014,707
7. (4) Django Unchained – £685,389
8. (-) Sammy’s Great Escape – £519,049
9. (7) Lincoln – £483,397
10. (5) Flight – £472,983

Source: Rentrak

Wreck-It Ralph has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

Disney’s latest 3D animated movie, featuring the voices of John C Reilly and Sarah Silverman, earned £4.5 million to end Les Misérables‘ four-week stint at the top of the UK box office.

Wreck-It Ralph‘s opening haul is the biggest three-day debut for an animated movie since Ice Age 4 last July.

Les Mis falls down a place to number two ahead of British romantic comedy I Give It A Year, which posted an impressive £1.4 million opening weekend tally. Django Unchained is at number four, while Flight rounds out the top five.

Elsewhere, Warm Bodies failed to match its US box office success in the UK, landing at number six with £895,509. Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren’s Hitchcock is the only other new release to dent the top ten, entering at number eight.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Wreck-It Ralph – £4,526,380
2. (1) Les Misérables – £1,640,857
3. (-) I Give It A Year – £1,450,023
4. (2) Django Unchained – £1,073,775
5. (3) Flight – £925,049
6. (-) Warm Bodies – £895,509
7. (4) Lincoln – £809,196
8. (-) Hitchcock – £606,817
9. (5) Life of Pi – £462,559
10. (6) The Impossible – £351,193

Source: Rentrak

Les Misérables has topped the UK box office for the fourth consecutive weekend.

Tom Hooper’s movie musical – starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe – pulls in £2.7 million to see off competition from Django Unchained and Denzel Washington’s new drama Flight.

Steven Spielberg’s Daniel Day-Lewis-led biopic Lincoln charts at number four, while Ang Lee’s fantastical drama Life of Pi completes the top five.

Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts’s The Impossible continues its strong box office run, taking in £758,024 to land at number six. The drama has now grossed more than £12 million in the UK since its cinema release on January 1.

Elsewhere, Bullet to the Head debuts at number nine and the critically-panned Movie 43 slips down three places – losing 50% in ticket sales – to number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Les Misérables – £2,785,143
2. (2) Django Unchained – £1,696,391
3. (-) Flight – £1,401,214
4. (3) Lincoln – £1,377,588
5. (4) Life of Pi – £848,579
6. (6) The Impossible – £758.024
7. (5) Zero Dark Thirty – £655,689
8. (8) Monsters, Inc 3D – £485,160
9. (-) Bullet to the Head – £429,317
10. (7) Movie 43 – £396,833

Source: Rentrak