The Smurfs 2 has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.
The family comedy earned £3.2 million to hold off competition from other new releases The Heat and The Conjuring to secure the top spot.
The sequel’s total falls just short of the £3.7 million opening of its predecessor, which debuted in second place behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011.
The Wolverine, last week’s number one movie, saw a 62% drop in ticket sales to take fourth place, while Monsters University rounded out the top five.
Elsewhere, the top 10 sees new releases from the Bruce Willis-led action sequel RED 2 and Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives at numbers seven and nine respectively.
The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) The Smurfs 2 – £3,220,911
2. (-) The Heat – £2,500,522
3. (-) The Conjuring – £2,156,124
4. (1) The Wolverine – £1,800,640
5. (2) Monsters University – £1,753,216
6. (3) Despicable Me 2 – £1,289,450
7. (-) RED 2 – £1,023,349
8. (4) The World’s End – £681,301
9. (-) Only God Forgives – £465,917
10. (5) Now You See Me – £436,597
Source: Rentrak