With a phenomenal global opening weekend of $346.5m, the latest instalment in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean series jumps straight in at number one on these shores with a mighty five-day haul of £11.6m, more than doubling the sci-fi comedy Paul's £5.5m debut to claim the biggest UK opening of the year so far. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides also broke records at the international box-office with $256.3m in receipts, overtaking the previous champ Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. With On Stranger Tides sucking the life out of the competition, no other film managed to cross the seven-figure mark, with nearest rival Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist pulling in just £587k to retain second. Marvel's Thor slips two places to third, a fate shared by Attack the Block in fifth and Water for Elephants down in eighth. Meanwhile Hanna falls one place to sixth as both Insidious and Rio hold firm in fourth and seventh respectively and finally, at the bottom of the chart we have a couple of new entries - Jason Statham cop thriller Blitz (in ninth with £266k) and Thomas McCarthy comedy Win Win (propping up the top ten with an opening of £155k).
Number one this time last year: StreetDance 3D
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | £11,634,860 | 1 | £11,634,860 |
| 2 | Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist | £587,617 | 5 | £17,399,224 |
| 3 | Thor | £528,701 | 4 | £12,869,718 |
| 4 | Insidious | £451,139 | 4 | £6,386,799 |
| 5 | Attack the Block | £355,232 | 3 | £1,925,419 |
| 6 | Hanna | £286,997 | 2 | £3,182,700 |
| 7 | Rio | £284,085 | 6 | £12,064,570 |
| 8 | Water for Elephants | £266,345 | 3 | £3,202,936 |
| 9 | Blitz | £266,148 | 1 | £266,148 |
| 10 | Win Win | £155,463 | 1 | £155,463 |
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A pair of comedy sequels arrive this coming Friday with Todd Phillips' The Hangover Part II (cert. 15) likely to put up a strong challenge for top spot, while Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Roderick Rules (cert. U) will look to cater to the family market. Also hitting screens on Friday is a re-release of Francis Ford Coppola's classic Apocalypse Now (cert. 15), while X-Men: First Class (cert. TBC) will enjoy a number of preview screenings on Bank Holiday Monday.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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