Evolve tops the all-format gaming chart

February 16th, 2015

Evolve has made its debut at the top of the all-format weekly chart.

2K’s team-based shooter sold nearly 400 more copies on Xbox One than PS4. Only 3% of its boxed sales were made on PC.

It is followed in second by The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, which is the biggest-selling single format game of the week.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare drops to third, while Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate charts at four.

Monster Hunter 4‘s week one sales are up by 95% on its predecessor. It charts above heavyweights such as GTA 5 in fifth and FIFA 15 in sixth.

Far Cry 4, Minecraft: Xbox Edition, Assassin’s Creed Unity and Destiny make up the remainder of the top ten.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Evolve (2K Games)
2. (-) The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Nintendo)
3. (1) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
4. (-) Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate (Capcom)
5. (2) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
6. (3) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
7. (9) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
8. (5) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
9. (4) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
10. (7) Destiny (Activision)
11. (6) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
12. (10) The Crew (Ubisoft)
13. (11) WWE 2K15 (2K Sports)
14. (8) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
15. (14) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
16. (17) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)
17. (15) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros)
18. (13) Terraria (505 Games)
19. (16) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
20. (19) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2014 Ukie Ltd.

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Ellie Goulding remains top of UK singles chart

February 15th, 2015

Ellie Goulding remains at the top of the UK singles chart for the second week running.

‘Love Me Like You Do’, taken from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, racked up chart sales of 118,000 and 2.25 million audio streams to remain in the top spot.

Hozier’s ‘Take Me to Church’ claims number two, while ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars takes third place.

‘Uptown Funk’ also becomes one of the biggest-selling UK singles of all time, after reaching one million sales.

“I can’t believe it, it’s insane.” Ronson said. “It’s definitely an amazing milestone to be in this club with all these massive superstars.”

DJ Fresh and Ella Eyre’s ‘Gravity’ debuts in the chart at number four, as ‘FourFiveSeconds’ by Rihanna, Paul McCartney and Kanye West takes number five.

Chris Brown and Tyga’s ‘Ayo’ enters at number six, and ‘Doing It’ by Charli XCX and Rita Ora debuts at number eight.

The Weeknd climbs eight places to number ten with ‘Earned It’, while Ne-Yo’s ‘Coming With You’ takes 14.

Dutch producer Bakermat enters the chart at number 22 with ‘Teach Me’, as Imagine Dragons land their sixth UK top 40 single with ‘I Bet My Life’ at number 27.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Big Hero 6 tops UK box office for second week

February 10th, 2015

Big Hero 6 has topped the UK box office for the second consecutive weekend.

The Disney animation, inspired by characters appearing in Marvel Comics, took its running total in the UK to £7.4 million after two weeks on release.

In second place is Kingsman: The Secret Service with a strong showing of just over £2 million, with Shaun the Sheep The Movie charting close behind at number three.

New release Jupiter Ascending is at number four ahead of American Sniper.

Elsewhere, the chart also sees new entries for Oscar-nominated Civil Rights drama Selma at number six and controversial comedy The Interview. The latter’s belated UK debut saw it net just £283,811 to enter at number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Big Hero 6 – £2,540,116
2. (2) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £2,190,090
3. (-) Shaun the Sheep Movie – £2,095,061
4. (-) Jupiter Ascending – £1,349,938
5. (3) American Sniper – £980,434
6. (-) Selma – £792,365
7. (4) The Theory of Everything – £626,335
8. (6) Into the Woods – £326,355
9. (5) Taken 3 – £323,346
10. (-) The Interview – £283,811

Source: Rentrak

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Advanced Warfare equals FIFA 15’s chart record

February 9th, 2015

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has retained its place at the top of the all-format sales chart.

Activision’s shooter celebrates its eighth week at the top of the chart, bringing it level with FIFA 15.

It is once again followed by GTA 5 in second and the aforementioned FIFA 15 in third.

After a retailer price promotion on PS4, Assassin’s Creed Unity sales increase by 25%, boosting its chart position from eight to four.

It is followed by a Minecraft double-header at five and six, Destiny at seven and Call of Duty: Ghosts at eight.

Elsewhere, Forza Horizon 2 re-enters at 19, sandwiched between Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Dragon Age: Inquisition.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
2. (2) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
3. (3) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
4. (8) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
5. (5) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
6. (9) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
7. (10) Destiny (Activision)
8. (7) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
9. (6) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
10. (11) The Crew (Ubisoft)
11. (12) WWE 2K15 (2K Sports)
12. (4) Saints Row 4: Re-Elected/Gat Out of Hell (Deep Silver)
13. (13) Terraria (505 Games)
14. (15) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
15. (14) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros)
16. (18) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
17. (20) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)
18. (19) Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Ubisoft)
19. (-) Forza Horizon 2 (Microsoft)
20. (17) Dragon Age: Inquisition (Electronic Arts)

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Ellie Goulding takes No.1 single spot from Mark Ronson

February 8th, 2015

Ellie Goulding has scored the UK’s fastest-selling single of 2015 with ‘Love Me Like You Do’.

The Fifty Shades of Grey track earned combined sales of more than 172,000, giving Goulding her second UK number one single after 2013’s ‘Burn’.

‘Love Me Like You Do’ ends the seven-week reign of Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’, which moves into second place.

Hozier’s ‘Take Me to Church’ takes number three, while ‘FourFiveSeconds’ by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney moves up to number four.

Meghan Trainor’s ‘Lips Are Movin’ completes the top five selling tracks of the week.

DJ Mike Mago and Dragonette debut at number eight with ‘Outlines’, while The Weeknd’s Fifty Shades of Grey track ‘Earned It’ climbs 15 places to 18.

John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ is at 24, and Kodaline enter the chart at 39 with ‘Honest’.

Source: Official Charts Company

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Big Hero 6 narrowly beats Kingsman at the UK box office

February 3rd, 2015

Big Hero 6 has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

Disney’s latest animation earned £4,293,286 to take the top spot ahead of Colin Firth’s spy thriller Kingsman: The Secret Service. The victory was a narrow one, with Kingsman trailing behind with a £4,241,292 opening.

American Sniper, last week’s number one movie, slips down to number three, with The Theory of Everything and Taken 3 rounding out the top five.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice and the Met Opera’s screening of Les Contes D’Hoffmann.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Big Hero 6 – £4,293,286
2. (-) Kingsman: The Secret Service – £4,241,292
3. (1) American Sniper – £1,586,745
4. (3) The Theory of Everything – £1,032,912
5. (2) Taken 3 – £801,562
6. (4) Into the Woods – £734,370
7. (6) Paddington – £442,869
8. (5) Ex Machina – £410,327
9. (-) Inherent Vice – £363,133
10. (-) Les Contes D’Hoffmann – Met Opera 2015 – £238,597

Source: Rentrak

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Call of Duty takes number one from GTA 5

February 2nd, 2015

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has returned to the top of the all-format chart.

Activision’s shooter ends the recent dominance of Grand Theft Auto 5, which drops to second place after spending three consecutive weeks at number one.

FIFA 15 and Saints Row: Re-Elected/Gat Out of Hell remain steady at numbers three and four respectively, with Minecraft: Xbox Edition rounding out the top five.

Elsewhere, Terraria surges back into the top 20, helped by the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One versions. The sandbox game rises 15 places to number 13.

The top 20 in full:
1. (2) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
2. (1) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
3. (3) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
4. (4) Saints Row 4: Re-Elected/Gat Out of Hell (Deep Silver)
5. (7) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
6. (6) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
7. (5) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
8. (12) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
9. (9) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
10. (11) Destiny (Activision)
11. (10) The Crew (Ubisoft)
12. (15) WWE 2K15 (2K Sports)
13. (28) Terraria (505 Games)
14. (18) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros)
15. (13) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
16. (8) Rugby 15 (Big Ben)
17. (14) Dragon Age: Inquisition (Electronic Arts)
18. (19) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
19. (16) Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Ubisoft)
20. (22) Disney Infinity 2.0 (Disney)

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‘Uptown Funk’ spends seventh week as UK number one

February 1st, 2015

Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’ has retained its position as the UK’s number one single.

The producer and guest artist Bruno Mars marked their seventh non-consecutive week at number one with the track.

‘Uptown Funk’ has now managed the most weeks at number one since Leona Lewis’s 2007 single ‘Bleeding Love’.

Ronson said: “It’s such an incredible thing to be Number 1 even for one week. It’s my first Number 1 of any single I’ve ever had, so to be Number 1 for seven weeks is something that just blows my mind, it’s amazing.

“It’s cool because it means that you guys all like what we like, which is good funk music and dance music played by musicians. It’s insane, so thank you.”

Elsewhere, Hozier is up one place to 2 with ‘Take Me To Church’, while Fergie is new in at 3 with ‘LA Love (La La)’.

Meghan Trainor’s ‘Lips Are Movin’ and Rihanna’s collaboration with Kanye West and Paul McCartney ‘FourFive Seconds’ round out the top five.

Karen Harding is new at 7 with ‘Say Something’, while Hannah Wants and Chris Lorenzo are in at 13 with Rhymes.

Maroon 5’s Sugar is up 33 places to 22, and Selena Gomez is new in at 30 with ‘The Heart Wants What It Wants’.

Source: The Official Charts Company

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American Sniper overtakes Taken 3 to top UK box office

January 27th, 2015

American Sniper has risen to the top of the UK box office in its second week of release.

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper’s war drama earned £2.5 million to secure first place this week, with Liam Neeson’s Taken 3 dropping to second spot with £1.8 million.

Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything remains in third place, while Into The Woods holds firm at four.

Oscar Isaac’s sci-fi thriller Ex Machina debuts at number five with earnings of £1.09 million.

Elsewhere, the chart sees new entries from Johnny Depp’s Mortdecai and Mark Wahlberg’s The Gambler.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (2) American Sniper – £2,539,534
2. (1) Taken 3 – £1,809,724
3. (3) The Theory of Everything – £1,588,737
4. (4) Into the Woods – £1,347,845
5. (-) Ex Machina – £1,093,952
6. (5) Paddington – £748,628
7. (-) Mortdecai – £484,878
8. (-) The Gambler – £381,554
9. (8) Birdman – £380,113
10. (7) Whiplash – £376,485

Source: Rentrak

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Saints Row 4 fails to topple GTA 5 in gaming chart

January 26th, 2015

GTA 5 has secured its third consecutive week as the all-format number one.

GTA 5 has now topped the chart for seven weeks since first launching on Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2013.

Rockstar’s open-world action game has now racked up more weeks at the top of the chart than any previous Grand Theft Auto game.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and FIFA 15 swap places in second and third, while Saints Row 4: Re-elected and its ‘Gat out of Hell’ expansion enter in fourth.

Surprisingly, Call of Duty: Ghosts re-enters the chart at five. Sales were boosted by 401% following a retailer promotion.

Rugby 15 is this week’s second highest new entry at eight. It is sandwiched between Minecraft on Xbox and PlayStation.

The top 20 in full:
1. (1) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar)
2. (3) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
3. (2) FIFA 15 (EA Sports)
4. (-) Saints Row 4: Re-elected/Gat out of Hell (Koch Media)
5. (-) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
6. (4) Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
7. (5) Minecraft: Xbox Edition (Microsoft)
8. (-) Rugby 15 (Koch Media)
9. (7) Minecraft: PlayStation Edition (Sony)
10. (6) The Crew (Ubisoft)
11. (9) Destiny (Activision)
12. (8) Assassin’s Creed Unity (Ubisoft)
13. (10) LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Warner Bros)
14. (14) Dragon’s Age Inquisition (Electronic Arts)
15. (-) WWE 2K15 (2K Sports)
16. (11) Assassin’s Creed Black Flag (Ubisoft)
17. (13) Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft)
18. (18) Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros)
19. (12) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
20. (15) Super Smash Bros (Nintendo)

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