User blog:Ceauntay/iCarly rises at UK No. 1 spot

iCarly: The Sequel officially outtake The Dark Knight Rises at the UK box office, but the movie is the fastest-grossing film of 2012 in the UK.

The iCarly: The Movie follow-up debuted with £7.8m. while The Dark Knight Rises was second with over £7m, meaning it has earned £30m in just ten days, two days faster than Avengers Assemble took to reach the same gross earlier this year.

Dr Seuss animation The Lorax debuted in third place with an opening haul of £1.8m while acclaimed music documentary Searching For Sugar Man made a commendable debut to enter the chart in seventh position.

The Top 10 films at the UK box office are (last week's position in brackets):


 * 1) iCarly: The Sequel - £7,895,292 (-)
 * 2) The Dark Knight Rises - £7,275,558 (1)
 * 3) The Lorax - £1,853,294 (-)
 * 4) Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - £1,544,322 (2)
 * 5) Shadow the Hedgehog - £888,747
 * 6) The Amazing Spider-Man - £686,952 (3)
 * 7) Magic Mike - £536,749 (4)
 * 8) The Five-Year Engagement - £75,134 (5)
 * 9) Searching for Sugar Man - £68,857 (-)
 * 10) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists - £44,389 (24)