Pixar’s ‘Brave’ retains UK box office top spot

Pixar’s Brave has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The 3D film, which features the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly, takes in £2.3 million to hold off competition from comedy Ted and The Bourne Legacy.

The Dark Knight Rises charts at number four as it crosses the £52 million mark in the UK. Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy closer is now the highest-grossing film in Britain for 2012, surpassing The Avengers‘s £51.8 million haul.

Keith Lemon The Film rounds out the top five with a £1.1 million box office total.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries in the form of Farrelly brothers comedy The Three Stooges and documentary The Imposter. The latter pulls in an impressive £252,170 from its 49 locations.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Brave – £2,371,691
2. (3) Ted – £1,692,883
3. (2) The Bourne Legacy – £1,596,289
4. (5) The Dark Knight Rises – £1,378,717
5. (-) Keith Lemon The Film – £1,196,310
6. (4) The Expendables 2 – £1,028,904
7. (-) The Three Stooges – £509,324
8. (7) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – £424,206
9. (8) Ice Age 4: Continental Drift – £331,851
10. (-) The Imposter – £252,170

Source: Rentrak