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Avengers: Age of Ultron fends off Spooks: The Greater Good at the UK box office

May 13, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 8th May to Sunday 10th May 2015…

Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has retained the top spot at the UK box office for the third week running, fending off competition from Spooks: The Greater Good to push its cumulative gross beyond £40 million, making it the highest-grossing release of the year so far on these shores.

The big screen adaptation of Spooks debuted in second place, earning £1,010,363, while Blake Lively romantic drama The Age of Adaline pulled in £570,386 to take fourth place, while the Samuel L. Jackson-headlined adventure flick Big Game also cracked the top ten with an opening weekend of £535,905 enough to take seventh.

Number one this time last year: Bad Neighbours

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron, £3,509,620 weekend; £40,353,610 total (3 weeks)
2. Spooks: The Greater Good, £1,010,363  weekend (New)
3. Far from the Madding Crowd, £833,804  weekend; £3,588,881 total (2 weeks)
4. Unfriended, £662,622 weekend; £2,794,074 total (2 weeks)
5. The Age of Adaline, £570,386 weekend (New)
6. Fast & Furious 7, £551,153 weekend; £37,728,810 total (6 weeks)
7. Big Game, £535,905 weekend (New)
8. Home, £399,621 weekend; £22,644,534 total (8 weeks)
9. Cinderella, £327,653 weekend; £20,030,675 total (7 weeks)
10. Two by Two, £293,915 weekend; £1,190,297 total (2 weeks)

Incoming…

This week sees the release of two hotly-anticipated sequels in Mad Max: Fury Road (cert. TBC) [read our review here] and Pitch Perfect 2 (cert. TBC), while other newcomers include Clouds of Sils Maria (cert. 15), A Royal Night Out (cert. 12A), A Fuller Life (cert. 15) and The Tribe (cert. TBC), as well as a limited reissue of Howard Hawks’ Only Angels Have Wings.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Big Game, Cinderella, Far from the Madding Crowd, Fast & Furious 7, Home, Spooks: The Greater Good, The Age of Adaline, Two By Two, Unfriended

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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