Saw 3D has knocked horror rival Paranormal Activity 2 into second place at the UK box office.
The final instalment in the long-running horror series pulls in £3.6 million on its debut weekend on release, clearing nearest rival Despicable Me by more than £1 million.
Saw 3D‘s opening total is more than double that of predecessor Saw VI, which bowed to £1.7 million in box office receipts in the UK last year.
RED and The Social Network round out the top five, while Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis’s Burke & Hare is a new entry at number six.
Elsewhere indie release The Kids Are All Right, starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, opens in ninth place.
The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Saw 3D – £3,600,083
2. (2) Despicable Me – £2,581,073
3. (1) Paranormal Activity 2 – £1,845,337
4. (3) RED – £1,184,344
5. (4) The Social Network – £1,070,411
6. (-) Burke & Hare – £942.894
7. (5) Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – £
8. (6) Alpha And Omega – £458,812
9. (-) The Kids Are All Right – £411,960
10. (7) Vampires Suck – £313,911