It's all change at the top of the UK box office chart this week as three new faces occupy the top positions; leading the way with just over £2m is Neil Burger's thriller Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, while Belgian CG-animation A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures takes second with £1.1m and is closely followed by Kevin Macdonald's Roman epic The Eagle, which banks £1m to round out the top three.
Last week's number one film Rango falls three places to fourth, with the Johnny Depp-voiced animated Western enjoying a four-week cumulative gross just shy of £6m, while the Liam Neeson actioner Unknown slips two places to round out the top five and is hot on Rango's heels with £5.3m overall from the same time-frame.
Heading into the bottom half of the chart and sci-fi invasion flick Battle: Los Angeles falls four places to sixth, while Brit 'urban comedy' Anuvahood holds firm in seventh and pushes its two-week gross to a decent £1.2m. Less fortunate however are Chalet Girl, The Lincoln Lawyer and Hall Pass, all of which suffer a similar fate to Battle: Los Angeles and slip four places to occupy eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
And on a final note, Tom Hooper's Best Picture winner The King's Speech finally falls out of the top ten after an incredible 11-week run which has seen the period drama pull in almost £45m.
Number one this time last year: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limitless | £2,087,363 | 1 | £2,087,363 |
| 2 | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | £1,122,066 | 1 | £1,122,066 |
| 3 | The Eagle | £1,021,160 | 1 | £1,021,160 |
| 4 | Rango | £653,691 | 4 | £5,916,632 |
| 5 | Unknown | £477,530 | 4 | £5,366,573 |
| 6 | Battle: Los Angeles | £425,952 | 3 | £4,269,950 |
| 7 | Anuvahood | £392,212 | 2 | £1,207,876 |
| 8 | Chalet Girl | £339,947 | 2 | £1,306,023 |
| 9 | The Lincoln Lawyer | £324,145 | 2 | £1,274,674 |
| 10 | Hall Pass | £304,571 | 3 | £2,610,694 |
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Easter comes early this April with Hop (cert. U), a family comedy that sees Russell Brand voicing the Easter Bunny alongside live-action stars including James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, David Hasselhoff and Mel Brooks. Hop will likely duke it out for top spot against Superman: Man of Steel director Zack Snyder's action fantasy Sucker Punch (cert. 12A), which features Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung, while alternatives include Duncan Jones' latest Source Code (cert. 12A), rock'n'roll comedy Killing Bono (cert. 15), drama Oranges and Sunshine (cert. 15) and Bollywood thriller Game (cert. TBC).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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