UK Top Ten: ‘Despicable Me 2’ Hits The Top Of The Charts In Its Opening Weekend

The numbers for this past weekend’s UK box-office have just been released, and it has been a huge weekend for Universal Pictures. Their 2013 animated release of DESPICABLE ME 2 has just become the biggest opening film at UK cinemas this year with a huge £14.8 million in receipts including last weekend’s preview screenings. This easily positions the film at the number one spot, pushing the mighty MAN OF STEEL to number two. Zack Snyder’s Superman epic banked £2.4 million since Friday in the UK, bring its total gross to £26.2 million after three weekends out there.

At three was the Brad Pitt zombie epic WORLD WAR Z, which also made a decent £2.4 million after two weeks, while the Sony comedy THIS IS THE END hit at number four with £1.3 million in ticket sales and relatively positive reviews. Rounding out the top five this week was another new entry, the Steven Knight helmed Jason Statham starrer HUMMINGBIRD, which managed to pull in just over £200k.

Here’s the UK top ten in full.

Results for the UK box-office – 28-30th June 2013

1. DESPICABLE ME 2 – £14.8m (NEW)
2. MAN OF STEEL – £2.4m (£26.2m)
3. WORLD WAR Z – £2.4m (£9.8m)
4. THIS IS THE END – £1.3m (NEW)
5. HUMMINGBIRD – £206k (NEW)
6. BEHIND THE CANDELABRA – £187K (£2.9m)
7. AFTER EARTH – £158k (£6.1m)
8.THE HANGOVER PART III – £142K (£19.2m)
9. BEFORE MIDNIGHT – £120k (£505k)
10. EPIC – £90k (£12.9m)