Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent beats X-Men at UK box office

June 3rd, 2014

Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent has topped the UK box office on its first weekend on release.

The Disney blockbuster, a re-telling of the studio’s classic animation Sleeping Beauty, earned more than £6 million to knock last week’s chart topper X-Men: Days of Future Past into second place.

Maleficent has pulled in $100.6m across 47 territories, making it the biggest ever live-action movie opening for Jolie.

Bryan Singer’s latest X-Men film falls to number two on its second weekend on release, while Tom Cruise’s sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow experienced a soft opening in third place with £1.8 million.

The Doug Liman-directed time-loop film falls short of the £4.9 million opening haul for Cruise’s last outing Oblivion, as well as the £3.5 million earned by Jack Reacher.

Elsewhere, the chart saw new releases A Million Ways to Die in the West and Jimmy’s Hall bow at numbers four and ten respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full is as follows:
1. (-) Maleficent – £6,590,071
2. (1) X-Men: Days of Future Past – £3,518,389
3. (-) Edge of Tomorrow – £1,886,096
4. (-) A Million Ways to Die in the West – £1,240,465
5. (2) Godzilla – £982,401
6. (3) Bad Neighbours – £555,308
7. (4) Postman Pat: The Movie – £479,867
8. (5) Blended – £227,467
9. (6) Rio 2 – £214,096
10. (-) Jimmy’s Hall – £131,703

Source: Rentrak

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Watch Dogs enjoys record-breaking launch week

June 2nd, 2014

Watch Dogs has broken a number of week one sales records to become the UK’s new all-format number one.

The open-world hacking game is the best-selling new franchise since LA Noire back in 2011, outselling Rockstar’s crime thriller by 58%.

Enjoying the 17th best launch week of all time, the game’s week one sales are behind only to new titles in the FIFA, Grand Theft Auto and Battlefield series.

Watch Dogs is also Ubisoft’s biggest UK launch, outperforming previous record-breaker Assassin’s Creed 3 by 17%.

It contributed to a 94% weekly boost in PS4 hardware sales, with 53% of PS4 console buyers purchasing the Watch Dogs bundle.

It comfortably beats fellow new entry Mario Kart 8 into second, although the Wii U release also enjoyed a healthy first week.

Nintendo’s latest racer is the best-selling week one Wii U game and the second biggest-selling Mario Kart at launch.

Its release boosted week-to-week Wii U console sales by 666%. 82% of new buyers purchased the Mario Kart 8 bundle.

Elsewhere, Wolfenstein: The New Order drops to third, above FIFA 14 and Minecraft PS3 Edition.

At the tail-end of the chart, the PlayStation Vita edition of Borderlands 2 is a new entry at 18.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
2. (-) Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
3. (1) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
4. (3) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
5. (2) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
6. (5) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
7. (4) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
8. (7) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
9. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
10. (10) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (13) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
12. (12) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
13. (9) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
14. (11) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
15. (14) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
16. (16) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
17. (8) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
18. (-) Borderlands 2 (2K Games)
19. (17) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
20. (-) Skate 3 (Electronic Arts)

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

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SecondCity scores debut UK number one single

June 1st, 2014

SecondCity has claimed his first UK number one single.

The 27-year-old house and techno producer tops this week’s chart with ‘I Wanna Feel’, knocking last week’s number one Sam Smith off the top spot.

Smith’s ‘Stay With Me’ moves down to number two, while French duo Klingande get their first UK hit with ‘Jubel’ at number three.

Mr Probz slides down to number four with ‘Waves’, and Rita Ora’s ‘I Will Never Let You Down’ claims the number five spot, down one from last week.

Ellie Goulding gets her sixth top ten hit with ‘Beating Heart’ at number nine, which is taken from the Divergent soundtrack.

Twin Atlantic’s ‘Heart and Soul’ gives them their highest charting single to date at number 17, while Lana Del Ray is new in at 21 with ‘West Coast’.

At number 30 is British boyband M.A.D., who score their third top 40 single in a row with ‘Shotgun’.

‘You & I’ by One Direction is this week’s biggest climber. When Midnight Memories was first released in December the track was at number 19, but has climbed 24 places to number 22.

Source: Official Charts Company

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X-Men delivers biggest 2014 UK box office opening

May 27th, 2014

X-Men: Days of Future Past has delivered the biggest opening weekend in the UK this year.

Bryan Singer’s superhero sequel earned £9.1 million to easily see off competition from Godzilla and secure first place at the box office. Its debut edges out The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which premiered to £9 million earlier this year.

Days of Future Past has also posted the biggest UK debut of an X-Men movie to-date. The film’s weekend haul beats X-Men: The Last Stand‘s £7.1 million earnings from 2006 and represents an uptick on recent entries The Wolverine (£4.6 million) and X-Men: First Class (£5.4 million).

X2 is the best-performing X-Men movie in the UK with a cumulative total of £20.7 million. Days of Future Past already looks on course to surpass that figure.

Elsewhere in the the top ten there are places at numbers four and five for Postman Past: The Movie and Blended respectively.

The Lego Movie also saw a surge in ticket sales over the Bank Holiday weekend, climbing up from number 22 to ten with £185,087.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) X-Men: Days of Future Past – £9,144,971
2. (1) Godzilla – £2,731,355
3. (2) Bad Neighbours – £1,222,235
4. (-) Postman Pat: The Movie – £774,750
5. (-) Blended – £688,547
6. (6) Rio 2 – £341,785
7. (4) The Other Woman – £335,059
8. (5) The Two Faces of January – £303,037
9. (3) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – £255,482
10. (22) The Lego Movie – £185,087

Source: Rentrak

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Wolfenstein enjoys second biggest launch of year

May 27th, 2014

Wolfenstein: The New Order is this year’s second biggest gaming launch behind Titanfall.

Accounting for a quarter of all last week’s software sales, the sixth game in the Wolfenstein series replaces FIFA 14 at the top of the chart, selling the majority of its copies on PS4.

It is followed by Minecraft: PS3 Edition in second, while FIFA 14 and Titanfall drop to third and fourth.

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil remains fifth, above Call of Duty: Ghosts, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Battlefield 4 and The Lego Movie Videogame also chart in the top-ten.

Elsewhere, Forza Motorsport 5 re-enters at 19, sandwiched between Infamous: Second Son and Thief.

The top 20 in full:
1. (-) Wolfenstein: The New Order (Bethesda)
2. (3) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
3. (1) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
4. (2) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
5. (5) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
6. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
7. (4) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
8. (7) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
9. (9) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
10. (8) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
11. (11) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
12. (12) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
13. (13) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (17) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
15. (15) Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Konami)
16. (10) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
17. (-) South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ubisoft)
18. (14) Infamous: Second Son (Sony)
19. (-) Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft)
20. (18) Thief (Square Enix)

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

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Sam Smith claims third UK number one single

May 25th, 2014

Sam Smith has scored his third UK number one single.

The 22-year-old tops this week’s chart with ‘Stay With Me’, the third single taken from his debut album In The Lonely Hour.

‘Waves’ by Mr Probz stays at number two while Fuse ODG gets his highest charting UK single with ‘Dangerous Love’, which features Sean Paul, at number three.

Last week’s number one ‘I Will Never Let You Down’ by Rita Ora slides down to number four, while ‘Extraordinary’ by Clean Bandit (featuring Sharna Bass) enters the chart at number five.

Coldplay’s new release, ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’ enters the chart at number 15, while Afrojack’s ‘Ten Feet Away’ places at number 20.

Little Mix’s ‘Salute’ makes its Top 40 chart debut at number 35 a week before its June 1 release date, while Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pills N Potions’ enters at 38 after being on sale for just 48 hours.

German/Russian DJ and producer Zedd climbs 25 places to number 40 with ‘Clarity’, which also features Foxes.

Source: Official Charts Company

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May 22nd, 2014

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Godzilla topples Bad Neighbours at UK box office

May 20th, 2014

Godzilla has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The Gareth Edwards-directed monster epic earned £6.3 million to easily coast past last week’s chart-topper Bad Neighbours and secure the number one spot.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2, now on its fifth weekend on release, falls to number three ahead of romantic comedy The Other Woman and new release The Two Faces of January.

Elsewhere, this week’s chart sees sequels Rio 2 and Captain America: The Winter Solider show durability, with the latter taking its total UK earnings to within touching distance of the £20 million mark.

The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki’s 11th and final feature film, climbs up from outside the top ten to make the number nine slot.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Godzilla – £6,385,483
2. (1) Bad Neighbours – £1,406,306
3. (2) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – £449,989
4. (3) The Other Woman – £446,582
5. (-) The Two Faces of January – £328,438
6. (4) Rio 2 – £202,200
7. (6) Tarzan – £137,882
8. (5) Pompeii – £112,527
9. (11) The Wind Rises – £80,693
10. (9) Captain America: The Winter Soldier – £77,677

Source: Rentrak

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FIFA 14 overtakes Titanfall to set new UK chart record

May 19th, 2014

FIFA 14 has overtaken Titanfall to return to the top of the all-format gaming chart.

It’s FIFA 14‘s 12th week as number one, breaking the 11 week series record set by FIFA: Road to the World Cup 98.

Only a few hundred sales behind, Titanfall slips to second, above the debuting Minecraft: PS3 Edition in third and its Xbox 360 counterpart in fourth.

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and Call of Duty: Ghosts remain in fifth and sixth, above The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which drops four places despite the release of the Xbox One version.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe is this week’s second highest new entry at 16, charting above Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Thief.

The top 20 in full:
1. (2) FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts)
2. (1) Titanfall (Electronic Arts)
3. (-) Minecraft: PS3 Edition (Sony)
4. (4) Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)
5. (5) 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Electronic Arts)
6. (6) Call of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
7. (3) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Activision)
8. (7) The LEGO Movie Videogame (Warner Bros Interactive)
9. (8) Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)
10. (13) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Rockstar Games)
11. (11) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (Electronic Arts)
12. (9) LEGO: The Hobbit (Warner Bros)
13. (10) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Warner Bros Interactive)
14. (14) Infamous: Second Son (Sony)
15. (15) Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes (Konami)
16. (-) Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo)
17. (17) Assassin’s Creed 4 (Ubisoft)
18. (16) Thief (Square Enix)
19. (12) Bound by Flame (Focus Home Interactive)
20. (18) Batman: Arkham Origins (Warner Bros Interactive)

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Rita Ora claims UK number one single

May 18th, 2014

Rita Ora has claimed the UK top spot for the fourth time with her single ‘I Will Never Let You Down’.

The singer, who knocks Mr Probz’s ‘Waves’ down to number two, is now tied with Geri Halliwell as the British female recording artists credited with the most solo UK number ones.

Speaking to OfficialCharts.com, Ora said: “It’s crazy that it’s the fourth one! I’m honoured.

“I have no words! I can’t believe it. I’m just so happy that my fans are so supportive because this is a special, personal song for me.”

John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ climbs to third, while Calvin Harris’s ‘Summer’ takes fourth place. Kiesza’s ‘Hideaway’ completes the top five.

The Common Linnets are this week’s biggest climber. The Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entry, who finished second in the competition, soared 86 places to number nine with ‘Calm After the Storm’.

Meanwhile, Austria’s Conchita Wurst entered the charts at number 17 with her Eurovision-winning tune ‘Rise Like a Phoenix’.

Sweden’s Sanna Nielsen, who came third at this year’s Eurovision, is at number 40 with ‘Undo’.

Ed Sheeran’s ‘One’ – the opening track from his upcoming second album x – placed at number 20 after just 48 hours on sale.

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