Shrek Forever After has topped the UK box office.
The latest film in DreamWorks’s animated comedy series nets £8.9 million over the weekend to knock Russell Brand’s Get Him To The Greek from the chart summit.
Killers and Sex And The City 2 fall to numbers three and four respectively, while Bollywood movie I Hate Luv Stories bows at five. French rom-com Heartbreaker is the only other new release to chart in the top ten, landing at number six.
Elsewhere, Woody Allen’s latest film Whatever Works climbs a place in its second weekend in cinemas to claim the number ten spot.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Shrek Forever After – £8,955,554
2. (1) Get Him To The Greek – £1,048,898
3. (2) Killers – £274,768
4. (3) Sex And The City 2 – £212,501
5. (-) I Hate Luv Stories – £202,907
6. (-) Heartbreaker – £119,742
7. (4) Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time – £92,682
8. (6) Death At A Funeral – £68,609
9. (7) The Collector – £65,042
10. (11) Whatever Works – £49,321