Cinderella replaces Home at top of UK box office

Cinderella has debuted at the top of the UK box office.

Disney’s live-action re-imagining of the classic fairy tale – starring Lily James, Cate Blanchett and Richard Madden – took £3.8m since its release on March 27.

Home with Jim Parsons and Rihanna drops to number two, claiming £2.6m.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water enters in third place with £2.2m, while Get Hard earns £1.4m on its debut, making number four.

Divergent sequel Insurgent rounds off the top five, taking £1.3m.

Lower down, Seventh Son and Wild Tales enter the chart at seven and nine respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Cinderella – £3,803,799
2. (1) Home – £2,601,755
3. (-) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £2,262,498
4. (-) Get Hard – £1,438,389
5. (2) The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £1,307,487
6. (3) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £432,477
7. (-) Seventh Son – £411,576
8. (4) Focus – £293,243
9. (-) Wild Tales – £183,423
10. (8) Still Alice – £169,144

Source: Rentrak

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