UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 5th - Sunday 7th June 2013...
![Despicable Me 2 movie poster]( "Despicable Me 2 movie poster")
After an enormous opening last weekend, Universal's Despicable Me 2 continued to dominate the UK box office in its second week, adding another £4 million to give the CG-animated comedy sequel a bumper £23 million to date, meaning it's already overtaken the £20.2 million haul laid down by its predecessor back in 2010.
Putting up the biggest challenge to Despicable Me 2 was Louis Leterrier's star-studded crime caper Now You See Me, which debuted in second place with £2,898,997, followed by another new release The Internship, with the Vince Vaughn / Owen Wilson comedy amassing £1,248,431 to claim third.
Shifting further down the chart, three limited releases managed to place in the top ten in their opening weekend, with Sofia Copolla's The Bling Ring pulling in £141,425 in seventh, Bollywood romance Lootera banking £69,153 in eighth, and Tamil action sequel Singam II earning an impressive £65,806 from just 14 screens to finish up in ninth.
Number one this time last year: The Amazing Spider-Man
1. Despicable Me 2 - £3,996,837 weekend (2 weeks)
2. Now You See Me - £2,898,997 weekend (New)
3. The Internship - £1,248,431 weekend (New)
4. World War Z - £837,347 weekend (3 weeks)
5. Man of Steel - £802,763 weekend (4 weeks)
6. This Is the End - £502,946 weekend (2 weeks)
7. The Bling Ring - £141,425 weekend (New)
8. Lootera - £69,153 weekend (New)
9. Singam II - £65,806 weekend (New)
10. Behind the Candelabra - £49,546 weekend (5 weeks)
Incoming...
It's shaping up to be a monster weekend here in the UK, with Friday seeing Pixar unleashing its Monsters, Inc. prequel Monsters University (cert. U) [read our review here] and Guillermo del Toro presiding over a giant monster vs. giant robot beat 'em up with his kaiju homage Pacific Rim (cert. 12A) [read our review here]. Meanwhile, other newcomers include Citadel (cert. 15), The Deep (cert. 12A), We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (cert. 15) and a 50th anniversary re-issue of the 1963 epic Cleopatra (cert. PG).
Putting up the biggest challenge to Despicable Me 2 was Louis Leterrier's star-studded crime caper Now You See Me, which debuted in second place with £2,898,997, followed by another new release The Internship, with the Vince Vaughn / Owen Wilson comedy amassing £1,248,431 to claim third.
Shifting further down the chart, three limited releases managed to place in the top ten in their opening weekend, with Sofia Copolla's The Bling Ring pulling in £141,425 in seventh, Bollywood romance Lootera banking £69,153 in eighth, and Tamil action sequel Singam II earning an impressive £65,806 from just 14 screens to finish up in ninth.
Number one this time last year: The Amazing Spider-Man
1. Despicable Me 2 - £3,996,837 weekend (2 weeks)
2. Now You See Me - £2,898,997 weekend (New)
3. The Internship - £1,248,431 weekend (New)
4. World War Z - £837,347 weekend (3 weeks)
5. Man of Steel - £802,763 weekend (4 weeks)
6. This Is the End - £502,946 weekend (2 weeks)
7. The Bling Ring - £141,425 weekend (New)
8. Lootera - £69,153 weekend (New)
9. Singam II - £65,806 weekend (New)
10. Behind the Candelabra - £49,546 weekend (5 weeks)
Incoming...
It's shaping up to be a monster weekend here in the UK, with Friday seeing Pixar unleashing its Monsters, Inc. prequel Monsters University (cert. U) [read our review here] and Guillermo del Toro presiding over a giant monster vs. giant robot beat 'em up with his kaiju homage Pacific Rim (cert. 12A) [read our review here]. Meanwhile, other newcomers include Citadel (cert. 15), The Deep (cert. 12A), We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (cert. 15) and a 50th anniversary re-issue of the 1963 epic Cleopatra (cert. PG).