After spending four weeks atop the UK box office chart Harry Potter is finally defeated as Rise of the Planet of the Apes jumps straight in at number one, banking a strong £5.8m to claim the crown in its opening weekend, which included £1.1m from Wednesday and Thursday preview screenings. Also benefitting from an early opening was The Smurfs, with the little blue fellas amassing a debut of just under £3.8m (including £1.47m of preview screenings) to take second place, pushing box office juggernaut Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 down into third in its fifth weekend on screens. The eighth and final installment is now the highest-grossing movie in the Harry Potter series, while it's total gross of £66.5m places it fifth in the UK's all-time chart behind Titanic, Mamma Mia!, Toy Story 3 and Avatar. As a result of the two new releases, both Super 8 and Mr Popper's Penguins falls two places apiece to fourth and fifth, while comedy Horrible Bosses holds firm in sixth place. Pixar sequel Cars 2 also slips two places to seventh, a fate shared by Horrid Henry: The Movie and Bridesmaids in ninth and tenth, with Captain America: The First Avenger sandwiched between them in eighth and suffering the steepest drop of the week as the Chris Evans Avengers lead-in falls four spots from last time out.
Number one this time last year: Toy Story 3
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | £5,835,140 | 1 | £5,835,140 |
| 2 | The Smurfs | £3,778,085 | 1 | £3,778,085 |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | £1,733,091 | 5 | £66,511,926 |
| 4 | Super 8 | £1,154,230 | 2 | £5,158,973 |
| 5 | Mr Popper's Penguins | £897,336 | 2 | £4,200,097 |
| 6 | Horrible Bosses | £733,309 | 4 | £9,238,224 |
| 7 | Cars 2 | £698,863 | 4 | £13,105,932 |
| 8 | Captain America: The First Avenger | £597,916 | 3 | £8,629,339 |
| 9 | Horrid Henry: The Movie | £401,147 | 3 | £5,051,494 |
| 10 | Bridesmaids | £332,171 | 8 | £22,318,130 |
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Tomorrow sees the release of Jon Favreau's latest Cowboys & Aliens (cert. 12A), along with British comedy The Inbetweeners Movie (cert. 15), both of which have a good chance of making their mark in the chart come next week. Also arriving on Friday is the Irish comedy The Guard (cert. 15), which has already make a bit of a splash in the chart due to its domestic release, along with the Robert Rodriguez sequel Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (cert. PG) and Glee - The 3D Concert Movie (cert. PG).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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