Easter arrives early at the box office this year as family adventure Hop narrowly fends off competition from fellow newcomer Source Code to take top spot in its opening weekend here in the UK (and the States, for that matter). The CG-animation / live-action hybrid, which features British comedian Russell Brand as the voice of the Easter Bunny alongside James Marsden and Katie Cuoco, managed to pull in £1.39m, with Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller banking a shade less to claim second with £1.3m. Meanwhile the disappointment continues for Zack Snyder as Sucker Punch makes even less of an impact here in the UK than it did across the pond, debuting in fourth place with just £814k. Last week's number one film Limitless slips two places to third, a fate shared by historical actioner The Eagle in fifth, but the biggest drop of the week is reserved for the Belgian CG-animation A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures, which sinks four places to sixth in its second weekend.
Shifting down into the bottom half of the chart, the animated Western Rango and Liam Neeson action thriller Unknown both fall three places apiece to seventh and eighth respectively, while urban comedy Anuvahood drops two places and The Lincoln Lawyer slips one to prop up the chart in tenth.
Number one this time last year: Clash of the Titans
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hop | £1,392,740 | 1 |
| 2 | Source Code | £1,306,661 | 1 |
| 3 | Limitless | £1,206,219 | 2 |
| 4 | Sucker Punch | £814,976 | 1 |
| 5 | The Eagle | £472,357 | 2 |
| 6 | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | £365,258 | 2 |
| 7 | Rango | £289,021 | 5 |
| 8 | Unknown | £276,657 | 5 |
| 9 | Anuvahood | £219,688 | 3 |
| 10 | The Lincoln Lawyer | £146,962 | 3 |
Incoming...
This coming Friday sees a heavy focus on 3D animation with Rio (cert. U) squaring off against the Robert Zemeckis-produced motion-capture bomb Mars Needs Moms (cert. PG). Other films hitting UK screens this week include the 'single-shot' horror The Silent House (cert. 15), teen invasion flick Tomorrow, When The War Began (cert. 12A) and psychological thriller The Roommate (cert. 15).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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