Will Ferrell comedy The Other Guys has shot straight to the top of the UK box office.
Ferrell’s latest, which sees his bumbling New York cop pair up with a detective played by Mark Wahlberg, takes in almost £2 million in UK ticket sales to easily coast past the M. Night Shyamalan-produced Devil.
The claustrophobic horror, which takes place predominantly in a lift, pulls in £800,000 to place ahead of last week’s number one movie Resident Evil: Afterlife. Toy Story 3 and Grown Ups round out the top five.
Elsewhere, Marmaduke and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid climb back into the chart as Going The Distance, Cyrus, Dinner For Schmucks and The Expendables slide out of the top ten.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Other Guys – £1,980,601
2. (-) Devil – £807,292
3. (1) Resident Evil: Afterlife – £727,908
4. (2) Toy Story 3 – £583,013
5. (3) Grown Ups – £513,881
6. (5) Tamara Drewe – £432,337
7. (4) The Last Exorcism – £321,585
8. (11) Marmaduke – £279,392
9. (12) Diary Of A Wimpy Kid – £241,390
10. (6) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World – £233,228