American Sniper has risen to the top of the UK box office in its second week of release.
Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper’s war drama earned £2.5 million to secure first place this week, with Liam Neeson’s Taken 3 dropping to second spot with £1.8 million.
Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything remains in third place, while Into The Woods holds firm at four.
Oscar Isaac’s sci-fi thriller Ex Machina debuts at number five with earnings of £1.09 million.
Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Johnny Depp’s Mortdecai and Mark Wahlberg’s The Gambler.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) American Sniper – £2,539,534
2. (1) Taken 3 – £1,809,724
3. (3) The Theory of Everything – £1,588,737
4. (4) Into the Woods – £1,347,845
5. (-) Ex Machina – £1,093,952
6. (5) Paddington – £748,628
7. (-) Mortdecai – £484,878
8. (-) The Gambler – £381,554
9. (8) Birdman – £380,113
10. (7) Whiplash – £376,485
Source: Rentrak
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