‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ beats ‘Wreck-It Ralph’

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