Kenneth Branagh kicked the 2011 superhero season off with a bang with the release of Marvel Studios' Thor this past weekend, with the Chris Hemsworth-starrer thundering to the top of the UK box office chart with £5.4m including £2.3m from midweek preview screenings. Thor claims the crown exactly one year after the release of Marvel's last superhero effort Iron Man 2, which opened with £7.66m including previews. Dropping down to second place is Justin Lin's Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist, which adds another £2.6m to give it a hefty two-week haul of £11.1m, making it the highest grossing film currently in the chart. Meanwhile the latest James Wan / Leigh Whannell horror Insidious is the only other newcomer in the top ten and debuts in third with £1.4m, with CG-animated adventure Rio and Russell Brand comedy remake Arthur slipping two spots apiece to fourth and fifth respectively.
Shifting to the bottom half of the chart and slasher sequel Scream 4 crosses the £5m mark in total but slips another two places to sixth in its third week of release, while family comedy Hop drops one spot to seventh. Also falling one place is Source Code in ninth, while both Beastly and Red Riding Hood slide three spaces each to eighth and tenth.
Number one this time last year: Iron Man 2
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thor | £5,449,300 | 1 | £5,449,300 |
| 2 | Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist | £2,609,244 | 2 | £11,163,953 |
| 3 | Insidious | £1,441,292 | 1 | £1,441,292 |
| 4 | Rio | £801,102 | 4 | £9,779,770 |
| 5 | Arthur | £682,187 | 2 | £2,477,285 |
| 6 | Scream 4 | £396,190 | 3 | £5,096,897 |
| 7 | Hop | £314,829 | 5 | £6,727,678 |
| 8 | Beastly | £210,974 | 2 | £1,071,105 |
| 9 | Source Code | £196,978 | 5 | £5,707,782 |
| 10 | Red Riding Hood | £169,325 | 3 | £2,469,669 |
Incoming...
There are quite a few new releases arriving on Friday, although only a handful look capable of making much of an impact in next week's chart; Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon team up for the romantic drama Water for Elephants (cert. 12A) and Saoirse Ronan stars as teenage assassin Hanna (cert. 12A). If neither of those take your fancy then alternatives include rom-com Something Borrowed (cert. 12A) and coming-of-age drama Everywhere and Nowhere (cert. 15).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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