Todd Phillips' comedy sequel The Hangover Part II enjoyed a record-breaking opening at the global box office this past weekend and it also jumps in straight at the top of the UK chart, toppling previous champion Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with an impressive opening of £10.4m. As a result, Pirates 4 slips one place to second with £4.7m, while another comedy sequel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules, opens in third place with £1.4m and is the only other film in UK cinemas to break the seven-figure mark. Moving on and Marvel Studios' latest superhero effort Thor finds itself down one place to fourth while Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist drops out of the top two for the first time, slipping three places to round out the top five. Animated comedy Rio continues to perform well and actually climbs one spot to sixth, leapfrogging horror flick Insidious as it falls to seventh. Also on the decline are Hanna and Water for Elephants, both of which slip two apiece to eighth and tenth respectively, while Attack the Block suffers the steepest drop of the week as it plunges four places to ninth.
Number one this time last year: Sex and the City 2
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hangover Part II | £10,409,017 | 1 |
| 2 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | £4,757,411 | 2 |
| 3 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules | £1,476,720 | 1 |
| 4 | Thor | £335,103 | 5 |
| 5 | Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist | £322,506 | 6 |
| 6 | Rio | £300,865 | 7 |
| 7 | Insidious | £208,313 | 5 |
| 8 | Hanna | £148,339 | 3 |
| 9 | Attack the Block | £142,919 | 4 |
| 10 | Water for Elephants | £129,143 | 4 |
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The big release this week is of course X-Men: First Class (cert. 12A), which opened here in the UK today, while alternatives arriving this coming Friday include the Disney teen flick Prom (cert. U), racing documentary Senna (cert. 12A) and the British concert film JLS 3D: Eyes Wide Open (cert. TBC).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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