Iron Man 3 dominates at the UK box office

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th - Sunday 28th April 2013... 

Almost a year to the day that Joss Whedon's Avengers assembled at the UK box office, Marvel kicked off Phase Two of its Cinematic Universe with a bang as Iron Man 3 topped the chart with an impressive  £13,711,048, replacing Tom Hooper's Les Miserablesas the UK's biggest opener of 2013 to date. Internationally, Iron Man 3 pulled in a bigger debut weekend than The Avengers with $195.3 million compared to $185.1 million, although Whedon's superhero ensemble still holds the record for the biggest Marvel Studios opening, with Earth's Mightiest Heroes amassing £15,778,074 over the Thursday to Sunday. You can read our reviews of Iron Man 3 here, here and here.

As you'd expect, Iron Man 3 pretty much sucked the life out of the rest of the chart, with the Gerard Butler White House actionerOlympus Has Fallen and Tom Cruise sci-fi Oblivion dropping one place apiece to second and third, while The Croods held surprisingly firm in fourth place after a solid six weeks on screens. Horror remake Evil Dead claimed fifth, followed by The Place Beyond the Pines in sixth, while Michael Winterbottom's Paul Raymond biopic The Look of Love debuted in seventh with £208,557. The Steve Coogan-headlined dramedy was the only other newcomer to crack the top ten, with Scary Movie 5, Love Is All You Need and Oz the Great and Powerful rounding out the bottom of the chart.

Number one this time last year: The Avengers

1 - Iron Man 3 - £13,711,048 (New)
2 - Olympus Has Fallen - £913,370 weekend (2 weeks)
3 - Oblivion - £682,543 weekend (3 weeks)
4 - The Croods - £605,589 weekend (6 weeks)
5 - Evil Dead - £538,466 weekend (2 weeks)
6 - The Place Beyond the Pines - £422,035 weekend (3 weeks)
7 - The Look of Love - £208,557 weekend (New)
8 - Scary Movie 5 - £162,231 weekend (3 weeks)
9 - Love Is All You Need - £129,465 weekend (2 weeks)
10 - Oz the Great and Powerful - £70,191 weekend (7 weeks)


Source:.flickeringmyth.com