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Avengers: Age of Ultron comfortably retains top spot at the UK box office

May 6, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 1st May to Sunday 3rd May 2015…

Marvel’s superhero blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron has comfortably retained top spot at the UK box office, fending off all challengers with a whopping $8.6 million second weekend, giving it £32.3 million to date. The film has already rocketed past Fifty Shades of Grey (£34.81 million) on Monday, with the year’s biggest earner so far Fast & Furious 7 (£36.87 million) firmly in its sights.

In terms of new releases, Thomas Hardy adaptation Far from the Madding Crowd claimed second place with £1,450,297 in its opening weekend, with horror Unfriended close behind in third with £1,346,952. Meanwhile, Euro animation Two By Two also cracked the top ten, earning £566,871 to finish up in seventh.

Number one this time last year: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron, £8,591,670 weekend; £32,297,331 total (2 weeks)
2. Far from the Madding Crowd, £1,450,297 weekend (New)
3. Unfriended, £1,346,952 weekend (New)
4. Fast & Furious 7 , £1,113,888 weekend; £36,549,326 total (5 weeks)
5. Home, £732,514 weekend; £21,822,469 total (7 weeks)
6. Cinderella, £675,425 weekend; £19,316,772 total (6 weeks)
7. Two By Two, £566,871 from 427 weekend (New)
8. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, £203,935 weekend; £7,779,282 total (6 weeks)
9. Woman in Gold, £190,175 weekend; £2,346,910 total (4 weeks)
10. Child 44, £114,301 weekend; £1,275,845 total (3 weeks)

Incoming…

Friday’s new releases include the spy thriller Spooks: The Greater Good (cert. 15), romantic drama The Age of Adaline (cert. TBC), Chris Rock comedy Top Five (cert. 15) [read our review here], French drama Girlhood (cert. 15), action adventure Big Game (cert. 12A) [read our review here], post-apocalyptic zombie flick Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (cert. 18) and reissues for Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (cert. 18).

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Child 44, Cinderella, Far from the Madding Crowd, Fast & Furious 7, Home, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Two By Two, Unfriended, Woman in Gold

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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