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The fifth instalment of the Fast and Furious franchise powered its way to poll position this weekend earning No.1 at the UK Box Office. Showing no signs of slowing down the 5th instalment grossed £5.3m in its debut weekend alone!

The popular franchise has now grossed a combined total of £39.2m to date, and there are already reports that the Fast & Furious team is revving up for the next instalment in the franchise.

Rio maintained its number two slot while Arthur, which stars Russell Brand and Helen Mirren was the second new entry inside the top three.

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This weeks film schedule updates:

• Clash of the Titans 2 has been added, releasing 30 March 2012

The film schedule has been updated to reflect these changes.

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Topping the charts this weekend was Scream 4, generating £2.1m. Despite the disappointing results in the US, it seemed to fare more positively in the UK, tracking just shy of Scream 3′s £2.4m opening back in 2000. Despite the good weather cinema admissions remain steady with the added boost from the Easter school holidays.

Family favourite Rio held well in its second weekend, dropping only -16% with an income to date of £5.5m. Newcomers to the screen, Your Highness and Red Riding Hood entered the chart at 3rd & 4th to round up the top 4.

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Fox’s latest family flick Rio flew straight into the UK top spot over the weekend grossing a total of £1.5m. The good weather did impact slightly on performance in the Box Office but with the weather forecast to cool down for the rest of the week, and with the kids off for the Easter holidays we are predicting an uplift next week.

Meanwhile sci- fi thriller Source Code is still fighting off stiff competition to maintain second place rank, closely followed by Limitless and last week’s chart topper Hop at number four.

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This weeks film schedule updates:

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This weeks film schedule updates:

• Mr. Poppers Penguins has moved from 05-Aug 2011 to 24-Jun 2011 (in FF Summer burst)
• The Sitter has moved from 13-Jan 2012 to 27-Jan 2012
• The Darkest Hour 3D has moved from 02-Sep 2011 to 13-Jan 2012
• Everybody Loves Whales has moved from 27-Jan 2012 to 10-Feb 2012
• Safe House has moved from 10-Feb 2012 to 24-Feb 2012
• Weekender has been added releasing 15-Jul 2011
• Reboot Ralph has been added reoleasing Dec 2012

The film schedule has been updated to reflect these changes.

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Russell Brand’s latest big screen family adventure Hop has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend of release. The animated Easter-themed flick, co-starring James Marsden and Kaley Cuoco, raked in £1.39m to secure first place. With the school Easter holidays just around the corner, nobody would be terribly surprised if the animated “Easter Bunny” movie stays in the top 10 for a while yet.

Meanwhile Jake Gyllenhaal’s science fiction thriller Source Code also opened this weekend to second place grossing £1.3m, it ranks just behind recent sci-fi thrillers Limitless (£2.1m) and The Adjustment Bureau (£1.4m).

Last week’s number one Limitless has been pushed to number three ahead of Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch.

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Grossing £2.1m in its opening weekend (including previews), Limitless starring Bradley Cooper jumped straight into the top spot over the weekend. It performed well against other recent thrillers Unknown and The Adjustment Bureau, beating even Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps‘ £1.8m debut.

Ranking second over the weekend was 3D family animation A Turtle’s Tale, grossing an impressive £1.1m, beating Ponyo’s £172K opening. This is the fourth best opening of any Optimum Releasing distributed movie, and their biggest family film opening ever.

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February’s industry impacts totalled a massive 17.2m, which was +15.8% up against February 2010. This is the best February box office result in nine years, and the second best result of all time, behind 2002′s 19m.

Another record broken this year was the month’s total box office; with February generating £112.1m (+19.4% YoY), the highest ever box office result for February of all time and also the first to break past the £100m barrier! Year to date we now stand at 32.5m and up a healthy +10.1% YoY.

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Battle: Los Angeles has won the UK box office battle debuting in first place over the weekend.

The Aaron Eckhart-led sci-fi blockbuster opened with £1.8m to narrowly edge past Johnny Depp’s Rango and secure the chart top spot. The action thriller is the second best opening for star Aaron Eckhart, trailing only The Dark Knight.

With Unknown and The Adjustment Bureau still pulling in the punters in their second weekends, thriller Unknown holds its position at number three, while The Adjustment Bureau falls to number four. Meanwhile the new release Hall Pass, the latest comedy from the Farrelly brothers, completes the top five.

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