Pitch Perfect 2 beats Mad Max at UK box office

Pitch Perfect 2 put in a winning performance to top the UK box office.

The Anna Kendrick sequel pulled in more than £5 million over the weekend to edge out Mad Max: Fury Road, which took £4.5 million.

Avengers: Age of Ultron drops to third with £1.6 million. The figure brings its total earnings past the £43 million mark in the UK.

Spooks: The Greater Good and Far from the Madding Crowd round out the top five.

The UK box office top 10 in full:
1. (-) Pitch Perfect 2 – £5,005,394
2. (-) Mad Max: Fury Road – £4,538,933
3. (1) Avengers: Age of Ultron – £1,661,968
4. (2) Spooks: The Greater Good – £533,843
5. (3) Far from the Madding Crowd – £400,566
6. (-) A Royal Night Out – £301,686
7. (8) Home – £252,245
8. (4) Unfriended – £250,428
9. (6) Fast & Furious 7 – £224,972
10. (5) The Age of Adaline – £193,494

Source: Rentrak

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