Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles triumphs at UK box office

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has topped the UK box office with takings over £4 million.

The Michael Bay-produced adaptation starring Megan Fox brought in a weekend gross of £4.78m.

Gone Girl drops to second place after two weeks at the top, with £2.36m. Annabelle stays at three with £1.46m, while The Maze Runner drops two to four with £1.45m.

The latest Nicholas Sparks film The Best of Me opens in fifth place with takings of over £636,000.

Robert Downey Jr’s The Judge enters at nine with £420,720, followed by Steve Coogan film Northern Soul at ten with £278,829.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – £4,785,448
2. (1) Gone Girl – £2,361,051
3. (3) Annabelle – £1,465,919
4. (2) The Maze Runner – £1,458,300
5. (-) The Best of Me – £636,842
6. (7) The Boxtrolls – £464,345
7. (5) Dracula Untold – £438,345
8. (6) The Equalizer – £429,406
9. (-) The Judge – £420,720
10. (-) Northern Soul – £278,829

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