Archive for March, 2015

Cinderella replaces Home at top of UK box office

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

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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Battlefield Hardline fends off Bloodborne at top of UK chart

Monday, March 30th, 2015

Battlefield Hardline has topped the all-formats charts for a second week running.

The shooter spin-off, which saw the biggest launch of 2015 last week, fought off competition from new release and PS4 exclusive Bloodborne, which debuted in second place.

New entry Borderlands: The Handsome Collection debuted in third place, followed by GTA 5 and FIFA 15 in fourth and fifth respectively.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Far Cry 4 have risen up the charts thanks to retailer-led promotions, with a price drop seeing The Order: 1886 re-enter the top 10.

Elsewhere, last week’s number two – Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – has dropped ten places to 12th position.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Battlefield Hardline (Electronic Arts)
2. (-) Bloodborne (Sony Computer Entertainment)
3. (-) Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (2K Games)
4. (3) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
5. (5) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
6. (4) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
7. (8) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
8. (18) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
9. (9) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
10. (15) The Order 1886 (Sony)
11. (6) Mario Party 10 (Nintendo)
12. (2) Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (Square Enix)
13. (10) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
14. (7) Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Capcom)
15. (19) Evolve (2K Games)
16. (16) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
17. (13) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
18. (11) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)
19. (12) WWE 2K15 (2K Sports)
20. (17) Destiny (Activision)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2015 Ukie Ltd.

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Jess Glynne claims first UK number 1 solo single

Sunday, March 29th, 2015

Jess Glynne has claimed her first ever UK number one solo single with ‘Hold My Hand’.

The track debuts in the top spot with chart sales of over 97,000, making it the singer’s third number one single in total.

Glynne previously topped the charts with Clean Bandit’s ‘Rather Be’ and Route 94’s ‘My Love’.

She said: “As amazing as the other two felt, the feeling I have with this is on another level. To get a number one in my own name is one of the most insane feelings.”

James Bay’s ‘Hold Back the River’ climbs to number two, while ‘King’ by Years & Years moves to three.

‘FourFiveSeconds’ by Rihanna, Paul McCartney and Kanye West falls to number four, as Ellie Goulding’s ‘Love Me Like You Do’ remains at number five.

Last week’s number one ‘Lay Me Down’ by Sam Smith and John Legend is at number six, as Sigma and Labrinth’s ‘Higher’ debuts at 12.

Rihanna’s ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’ lands at number 29 after being on sale for just two days, while ‘Lamborghini’ by KSI featuring P Money is at 30.

Source: Official Charts Company

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‘Home’ beats ‘Insurgent’ at UK box office

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

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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Battlefield Hardline is biggest launch of the year so far

Monday, March 23rd, 2015

Battlefield Hardline is the new all-format number one and the biggest launch of the year so far.

The cops and robbers shooter is EA’s first number one of the year, and improves on Battlefield 4‘s second place chart debut.

It is followed by fellow new release Final Fantasy Type-0 in second and GTA 5 in third.

The vast majority of Final Fantasy Type-0 sales were made on PS4. It sold 78% of copies on Sony’s console, compared to just 22% on Xbox One.

It was a busy week for new releases, as Mario Party 10 charts at six and the retail version of Resident Evil Revelations 2 debuts at seven.

Call of Duty Advanced Warfare and a Minecraft double header complete the top ten.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Battlefield Hardline (Electronic Arts)
2. (-) Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix)
3. (1) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
4. (2) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
5. (3) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
6. (-) Mario Party 10 (Nintendo)
7. (-) Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Capcom)
8. (6) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
9. (4) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
10. (7) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
11. (17) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)
12. (12) WWE 2K15 (2K Sports)
13. (-) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Microsoft)
14. (13) Terraria (505 Games)
15. (-) The Order 1886 (Sony)
16. (14) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
17. (18) Destiny (Activision)
18. (15) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
19. (8) Evolve (2K Games)
20. (16) The Crew (Ubisoft)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 Ukie Ltd.

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Sam Smith and John Legend hold on to No.1 single

Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Sam Smith and John Legend have held firm to spend a second consecutive week at the top of this week’s UK singles chart.

The pair’s collaboration on ‘Lay Me Down’, the official 2015 Comic Relief single, retained the number one spot with a lead of 9,000 combined chart sales.

Years & Years also remained steady, keeping their number two place with ‘King’, while Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney climb two places to number three with ‘FourFiveSeconds’.

‘FourFiveSeconds’ is also the most-streamed track of the week, having notched up 1.98 million streams.

James Bay’s ‘Hold Back the River’ climbs six places to reach a new peak at number four, while the top five is completed by Ellie Goulding’s ‘Love Me Like You Do’.

The week’s highest new entry is Tough Love’s ‘So Freakin’ Tight’ which enters the chart at number 11.

Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bloodstream’ climbs 11 places this week to rank at number 26. The rise comes ahead of Sheeran premiering a new version of the song featuring Rudimental, which will be released on March 29.

Pitbull earns his 24th UK top 40 hit with ‘Time of Our Lives’ featuring Ne-Yo, entering at number 28.

Norwegian producer Kygo climbs 16 places to make his debut in the top 40 with ‘Firestone’, while MNEK enters at number 38 with ‘The Rhythm’.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Second Best Marigold Hotel tops UK box office for third week

Tuesday, March 17th, 2015

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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‘Heists’ update propells GTA 5 back to top of chart

Monday, March 16th, 2015

GTA 5 has regained its place at the top of the all-format weekly chart.

Rockstar’s open-world action game tops the chart for its eighth week in total, replacing Dying Light as the new number one.

The game’s 49% increase in weekly sales coincides with the release of GTA Online‘s ‘Heists’ update.

It is followed by Dying Light in second, FIFA 15 in third, Minecraft Xbox Edition in fourth and DmC: Definitive Edition, which makes its chart debut at five.

Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition is this week’s second highest new entry at ten, charting below Evolve and Zombie Army Trilogy.

Elsewhere, BAFTA winner Destiny drops to 18, above The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.

The top 20 in full:
1. (2) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2. (1) Dying Light (Warner Bros)
3. (3) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
4. (6) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
5. (-) DmC: Definitive Edition (Capcom)
6. (4) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
7. (10) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
8. (9) Evolve (2K Games)
9. (8) Zombie Army Trilogy (Rebellion)
10. (-) Sniper Elite 3: Ultimate Edition (505 Games)
11. (5) Dragon Ball XenoVerse (Bandai Namco)
12. (13) WWE 2K15 (2K Sports)
13. (14) Terraria (505 Games)
14. (15) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
15. (11) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
16. (19) The Crew (Ubisoft)
17. (17) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)
18. (12) Destiny (Activision)
19. (16) The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Nintendo)
20. (-) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros.)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 Ukie Ltd.

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Sam Smith scores No.1 single with ‘Lay Me Down’

Sunday, March 15th, 2015

Sam Smith has topped the UK singles chart, in the process achieving a chart double with In the Lonely Hour reclaiming the album number one.

‘Lay Me Down’, the singer’s Comic Relief collaboration with John Legend, debuts this week with a combined chart sales figure of over 105,000.

It becomes Smith’s fourth chart-topper in less than two years.

Last week’s number one ‘King’ by Years & Years falls to second place, while Flo Rida’s ‘GDFR’, featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas, enters at number three.

Ellie Goulding’s ‘Love Me Like You Do’ is knocked from second into fourth place, while Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney complete the top five with ‘FourFiveSeconds’.

‘FourFiveSeconds’ is also the most streamed track of the week, having amassed 2.12 million plays over the last week.

Usher earns his 19th top 10 UK single with his collaboration with Juicy J, ‘I Don’t Mind’, landing at number eight.

Mumford & Sons are at number 20 with ‘Believe’, the lead single from their upcoming album Wilder Mind, while Calvin Harris and Haim’s ‘Pray to God’ enters at number 35.

Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne’s ‘Rather Be’ re-enters the chart at number 39, and John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ rises to number 40.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel stays top of UK box office

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

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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