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The box office received a Stark boost this weekend as Iron Man 3 rocketed to the top. The Marvel blockbuster debuted with a mammoth £13.7m, including £2.3m from Thursday previews. That’s by far the biggest opening for an Iron Man film. The first instalment achieved £5.5m and Iron Man 2, £7.7m. It’s getting into Avengers Assemble territory, which took £15.8m in its first weekend (including £2.5m from previews) almost exactly a year ago. It’s also the 18th best opening of all time in the UK.
Unsurprisingly, the rest of the top 15 took a bit of a hit with Iron Man 3 opening so impressively, but Olympus Has Fallen continued to perform strongly with £913k taking its cume to just over £4m.
Oblivion fell one place to third with a further £683k for a cume of £9.5m, which for an original sci-fi title is a strong showing.
The Croods bounced back from last weekend’s stiff drop, this time easing just 11% to £606k and has now grossed £24.5m, which puts it just ahead of Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (£24m) and hot on the heels of Ratatouille (£24.8m). Evil Dead rounded out the top five with £538k taking its cume to £2.6m.
One disappointing performer was The Look of Love in seventh place with £209k (including £13k from previews). Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan have previously collaborated on 24 Hour Party People (£265k) and A Cock And Bull Story (332k).
Overall the box office was up a whopping 118% from last weekend but down 16% from the equivalent weekend last year, when the Avengers Assembled.
With Iron Man 3 not opening across the Atlantic until next weekend, it was left to Michael Bay’s new comedy, Pain & Gain, to top the box office. The body building caper opened with $20m, which is not the kind of opening weekend figure Bay is accustomed to, but still impressive.
Oblivion fell 53% to $17.4m and now has a cume of $64.7m. Baseball drama 42 continued to perform strongly with $10.7m for a cume of $69.1m.
All-star ensemble comedy The Big Wedding opened with a disappointing $7.5m and The Croods rounded out the top five with $6.6m and a cume of $163m.