Ant-Man Replaces Minions At The Top Of UK Box Office

by Helen Earnshaw | 22 July 2015

Ant-Man has toppled Minions from the top of the UK box office as it comfortably stole the #1 spot this weekend.

Ant-Man

Ant-Man sees Paul Rudd take up the title role for the first time as he becomes the latest big named actor to step into the Marvel Universe - he is set to make an appearance in Captain America: Civil War next year.

The movie has also topped the U.S. box office this weekend and took over £4 million in the UK on the first few days of release.

Ant-Man is the second of two Marvel films to hit the big screen this year - the first being Avengers: Age of Ultron - and is the first of a string of new franchises on the horizon over the next couple of years; Doctor Strange and Black Panther are just some that you need to watch out for.

Minions slipped just a single place this week as it took a further £2.7 million at the UK box office. So far, the movie has grossed in excess of $630 million worldwide and is the highest grossing animation movie of 2015 so far.

Ted 2 was also down a single place this week, while there was no move for Jurassic World - which has become the highest grossing movie of the year - at four. The film has jumped over Fast & Furious 7 to become the most successful film of 2015 so far, grossing over $1,513 billion in just six weeks.

Andre Rieu's 2015 Maastricht Concert was the second new entry inside the top five as the concert movie opened at number five.

Terminator: Genisys fell out of the top five this week as it dropped two places from four to number six, while Bajrangi Bhaijaan was another new entry at number seven.

Magic Mike XXL was a three place faller this week as it dropped from five to number eight. The Gallows was the four and final new entry inside the top ten as the horror movie opened at nine.

Documentary film Amy, which has been met with critical acclaim, was this week's biggest faller as it was down four at ten.