Despite a heavy drop in takings of 60% from its debut last weekend chick flick Sex and the City 2 remains firmly in control of the UK box office and leads an unchanged top three along with StreetDance 3D and Prince of Persia. In taking top spot SATC2 adds another £2.5m to push its two-week gross to £13.6m, which means it's currently outperforming its 2008 predecessor - although there's still a considerable way to go yet before the critical disaster surpasses the £26.5m haul of the original. However, midweek takings are strong and with females looking to escape the beautiful game over the coming weeks that feat does remain a possibility.
With the studios holding back on their big summer blockbusters in the wake of the World Cup the leading new release this week is ensemble comedy piece Death at a Funeral, with the American remake of the 2007 Brit comedy taking fourth place with £696,280. Noel Clarke's latest Brit thriller 4.3.2.1 has to settle for seventh with just a third of the opening of his 2008 hit Adulthood, while rom-com She's Out of My League manages a miserable £400k despite showing on more screens than its fellow new releases.
Filling out the remaining spots in the chart are Robin Hood and Tooth Fairy - both down one place from last week - along with sequels Iron Man 2 (which crosses the £20m mark after six weeks on screens) and Space Chimps 2 3D, tumbling three apiece to ninth and tenth respectively.
Number one this time last year: Terminator Salvation
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sex and the City 2 | £2,473,043 | 2 | £13,652,052 |
| 2 | StreetDance 3D | £1,144,239 | 3 | £8,964,747 |
| 3 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | £821,661 | 3 | £6,362,459 |
| 4 | Death at a Funeral | £696,280 | 1 | £696,280 |
| 5 | Robin Hood | £647,195 | 4 | £13,532,135 |
| 6 | Tooth Fairy | £538,366 | 2 | £2,440,474 |
| 7 | 4.3.2.1 | £433,218 | 1 | £433,218 |
| 8 | She's Out of My League | £400,554 | 1 | £400,554 |
| 9 | Iron Man 2 | £226,314 | 6 | £20,686,508 |
| 10 | Space Chimps 2 3D | £220,989 | 2 | £1,257,130 |
Incoming...
The studios continue to hold back their big releases with just three new films to choose from as the action gets underway in South Africa...
First up is romantic drama Letters to Juliet (cert. PG) which opens on Wednesday, while on Friday moviegoers can look forward to historical supernatural thriller Black Death (cert. 15) from Brit director Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance), along with comedy drama Greenberg (cert. 15).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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