Shrek Forever After Takes £8.9M

Dreamworks Animations' latest offering Shrek Forever After, grossed £8.9m in its opening weekend (including previews). This is the second best opening weekend for a release in 2010.

The hit animation's fourth instalment sees Shrek suffer a mid-life crisis that leads him to strike a bargain which goes horribly wrong. Shrek, released for the first time in 3D, opened three weeks before the release of another much-loved animation, Toy Story 3 in 3D which is expected to do very well in the UK Box Office.