Fast & Furious 7 knocks Cinderella from top of UK box office

Fast & Furious 7 has debuted at the top of the UK box office.

The latest instalment of the racing series – starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez – took £12.8m over its opening weekend.

Disney’s live-action Cinderella drops to number two with £2.9m, while Home sits at three with £2.4m.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and Shailene Woodley’s YA sequel Insurgent lie in fourth and fifth place respectively.

Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner debuts in seventh place with £521,546, while While We’re Young enters at eight, taking £427,151.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel drops to tenth in its sixth week of release.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Fast & Furious 7 – £12,765,033
2. (1) Cinderella – £2,969,426
3. (2) Home – £2,387,579
4. (3) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £1,121,097
5. (4) Get Hard – £845,040
6. (5) The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £594,587
7. (-) The Water Diviner – £521,546
8. (-) While We’re Young – £427,151
9. (-) Blade Runner: The Final Cut – £267,452
10. (6) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £176,769

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