Super 8

Super 8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow: Part 2 has spent a fourth week at the top of the UK box office, holding off tough competition from Super 8.

The final instalment in the Potter franchise took a further £2.8 million over the weekend and has now grossed $1,137 billion at the global box office.

Super 8, which marked the return of J.J. Abrams to the director's chair had to settle for second at it took £3.2 million in it's opening weekend.

After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon.

The movie has been met very well by the critics and has been labelled the movie of the summer so far.

Mr Popper's Penguins was the second and final new entry inside the top ten this week as it opened at number three with Captain America: The First Avenger falling two places to this week's number four.

Cars 2 rounded off the top five, down from last week's number three, while Horrible Bosses was also down two at six. All of the top six broke £1million at the box office this weekend.

Horrid Henry: The Movie fell out of the top five this week as it was down at seven. Bridesmaids dropped just a single place from seven to eight.

Zookeeper was this week's biggest faller as it dropped three places from six to nine while The Guard is still in the top ten, despite not being on release in the UK yet, as it fell one place from last week's nine.

1. (1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - £2,810,088
2. (-) Super 8 - £2,207,063
3. (-) Mr Popper's Penguins - £1,515,248
4. (2) Captain America: The First Avenger - £1,470,703
5. (3) Cars 2 - £1,246,055
6. (4) Horrible Bosses - £1,127,654
7. (5) Horrid Henry: The Movie - £833.262
8. (7) Bridesmaids - £539,252
9. (6) Zookeeper - £474,907
10. (9) The Guard - £202,758


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