Tom Cruise’s Oblivion has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.
The science fiction blockbuster, directed by Tron: Legacy‘s Joseph Kosinski, debuted to £4.9 million to see off competition from last week’s chart-topper The Croods.
Oblivion‘s total is up from the £3.5 million earned by Cruise’s last outing Jack Reacher, but falls short of the £8 million total of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.
New releases Scary Movie 5 and The Place Beyond the Pines chart at numbers three and four respectively, while GI Joe: Retaliation dips three places to complete the top five.
Elsewhere, the most dramatic faller is horror Dark Skies. The Keri Russell-led film tumbles down six places to number nine after a sharp 70% drop in ticket sales.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Oblivion – £4,959,386
2. (1) The Croods – £1,999,475
3. (-) Scary Movie 5 – £1,085,932
4. (-) The Place Beyond the Pines – £671,119
5. (2) GI Joe: Retaliation – £525,234
6. (5) Jack the Giant Slayer – £451,509
7. (6) Oz the Great and Powerful – £391,733
8. (4) Trance – £339,480
9. (3) Dark Skies – £308,456
10. (7) The Host – £239,291
Source: Rentrak