Turbo has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.
DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox’s 3D animation, featuring the voices of Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson, earned £3.8 million (including £1.7 million from previews) to secure first place ahead of Captain Phillips.
Tom Hanks’s true-life hijacking drama pulled in £3.4 million (£461,436 from previews) over the weekend, putting it ahead of the week’s other big new release Escape Plan.
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s team-up delivered £961,470, while last week’s number one Prisoners and Sunshine on Leith round out the top five.
Elsewhere, Bollywood release Boss debuts at number nine with £235,086 from its 63 locations.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Turbo – £3,892,774
2. (-) Captain Phillips – £3,483,981
3. (-) Escape Plan – £961,470
4. (1) Prisoners – £571,028
5. (2) Sunshine on Leith – £469,898
6. (3) Blue Jasmine – £365,436
7. (4) Filth – £343,299
8. (5) Rush – £280,960
9. (-) Boss – £235,086
10. (7) Le Week-End – £208,759
Source: Rentrak