Kick-Ass 2 has topped the UK box office on its first week on release.
The superhero sequel, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz, pulled in £2.4 million in ticket sales (including previews from Wednesday and Thursday), to hold off competition from DisneyToon’s Planes and action-comedy 2 Guns.
Last week’s number three film Grown Ups 2 slips a place to four, with James Wan-directed horror The Conjuring rounding out the top five.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, last week’s number one film, slides down six places to number seven.
The Steve Coogan-led film saw a 61% drop in box office takings, but the homegrown comedy has still managed to earn an impressive £4.2 million in its two weeks on release.
Next week will likely see a significant overhaul in the chart with high-profile new releases Elysium, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and We’re the Millers all opening in cinemas.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Kick-Ass 2 – £2,482,187
2. (-) Planes – £1,735,940
3. (-) 2 Guns – £1,423,738
4. (3) Grown Ups 2 – £1,119,025
5. (4) The Conjuring – £973,073
6. (5) Monsters University – £892,945
7. (1) Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – £852,967
8. (7) The Smurfs 2 – £836,599
9. (2) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – £834,538
10. (11) Despicable Me 2 – £768,575
Source: Rentrak