UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th - Sunday 18th August 2013...
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It might not have had the same kind of drawing power as Iron Man 3, Man of Steel or even The Wolverine, but Universal's Kick-Ass 2 managed to top the box office chart here in the UK in its opening weekend, with the Jeff Wadlow-directed superhero sequel pulling in £2,482,187 including Wednesday and Thursday previews to claim first place. It is however down on Matthew Vaughn's original, with Kick-Ass debuting to £3.88 million back in March 2010.
In second place this past weekend was Disney's non-Pixar Cars spin-off Planes, which shrugged aside mixed reviews to earn £1,735,940 and should go on to collect a respectable enough tally thanks to a lack of animated competition, and the fact that the school holidays are still in full swing. Meanwhile, the Denzel Washington / Mark Wahlberg action comedy 2 Guns was only other newcomer to make an impact, opening in third with £1,423,738, while down at the bottom 2013's highest-grossing UK release Despicable Me 2 reentered the chart in its seventh week, adding another £768k to its impressive haul.
Number one this time last year: Brave
1. Kick-Ass 2 - £2,482,187 weekend (New)
2. Planes- £1,735,940 weekend (New)
3. 2 Guns - £1,423,738 weekend (New)
4. Grown Ups 2 - £1,119,025 weekend (2 weeks)
5. The Conjuring - £973,073 weekend (3 weeks)
6. Monsters University - £892,945 weekend (6 weeks)
7. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - £852,967 weekend (2 weeks)
8. The Smurfs 2 - £836,599 weekend (3 weeks)
9. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - £834,538 weekend (2 weeks)
10. Despicable Me 2 - £768,575 weekend (7 weeks)
Incoming...
Two new films arrive in cinemas today, with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's dystopian sci-fi Elysium (cert. 15) and fantasy The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (cert. 12A) likely to battle it out for top spot this weekend, although comedy We're the Millers (cert. 15) could have something to say about that when it opens on Friday. Meanwhile, if none of those take your fancy, other new arrivals on Friday include drama What Maisie Knew (cert. 15) [read our review here] and Linda Lovelace biopic Lovelace (cert. 18), along with a 3D IMAX reissue for Jurassic Park (cert. PG).
It might not have had the same kind of drawing power as Iron Man 3, Man of Steel or even The Wolverine, but Universal's Kick-Ass 2 managed to top the box office chart here in the UK in its opening weekend, with the Jeff Wadlow-directed superhero sequel pulling in £2,482,187 including Wednesday and Thursday previews to claim first place. It is however down on Matthew Vaughn's original, with Kick-Ass debuting to £3.88 million back in March 2010.In second place this past weekend was Disney's non-Pixar Cars spin-off Planes, which shrugged aside mixed reviews to earn £1,735,940 and should go on to collect a respectable enough tally thanks to a lack of animated competition, and the fact that the school holidays are still in full swing. Meanwhile, the Denzel Washington / Mark Wahlberg action comedy 2 Guns was only other newcomer to make an impact, opening in third with £1,423,738, while down at the bottom 2013's highest-grossing UK release Despicable Me 2 reentered the chart in its seventh week, adding another £768k to its impressive haul.
Number one this time last year: Brave
1. Kick-Ass 2 - £2,482,187 weekend (New)
2. Planes- £1,735,940 weekend (New)
3. 2 Guns - £1,423,738 weekend (New)
4. Grown Ups 2 - £1,119,025 weekend (2 weeks)
5. The Conjuring - £973,073 weekend (3 weeks)
6. Monsters University - £892,945 weekend (6 weeks)
7. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - £852,967 weekend (2 weeks)
8. The Smurfs 2 - £836,599 weekend (3 weeks)
9. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - £834,538 weekend (2 weeks)
10. Despicable Me 2 - £768,575 weekend (7 weeks)
Incoming...
Two new films arrive in cinemas today, with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's dystopian sci-fi Elysium (cert. 15) and fantasy The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (cert. 12A) likely to battle it out for top spot this weekend, although comedy We're the Millers (cert. 15) could have something to say about that when it opens on Friday. Meanwhile, if none of those take your fancy, other new arrivals on Friday include drama What Maisie Knew (cert. 15) [read our review here] and Linda Lovelace biopic Lovelace (cert. 18), along with a 3D IMAX reissue for Jurassic Park (cert. PG).