User blog:Ceauntay/Sonic tops Thor at the UK box office

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th May 2011...

Sonic X: The Final Stand replaces Thor from topping the box office setting this year's biggest opening yet taking in a strong £13.828m from 719 cinemas placing Marvel's superhero adventure film to a tight second place, which is ahead of 'Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist. The Vin Disel / Paul Walker actioner continues to perform well in its fourth week and narrowly holds onto second ahead of competition from newcomer Attack the Block, with Joe Cornish's urban sci-fi comedy enjoying the highest-per-screen averange of any film in the chart and just falling short of Fast & Furious with an opening hail of £1.13m. Moving on and horror Insidious' drops one place rounding out the top five. Thriller Hanna slipped sixth. Romantic drama Water for Elephants slips two places to seventh, a fate shared by rom-com Something Borrowed down in ninth. Rio holds firm in eight and has now spent the most weeks in the top ten of all the film's in the chart, while down at the bottom both Priest fall one place apiece to tenth respectively.