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Pitch Perfect 2 took a very good debut weekend gross of £5 million which is only a million shy of the entire box office run of the first film in the series, Pitch Perfect.
Rolling in half a million behind is Mad Max Fury Road, the sequel/remake of the Mel Gibson films received excellent reviews from the critics and was expected to get to the top but the aca-girls were simply too much.
Falling into third this weekend after a trio of weeks at the top is Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers Assemble sequel has taken an incredible £43.2 million to date and is the top film of the year so far.
Bombay Velvet at number 14 is the only other new film on the top 15 this week.
Historical chartsA year ago - Godzilla made it's debut a the top of the box office knocking Zakc Efron in Bad Neighbours from the top.
Five years ago - Robin Hood made its debut at number 1 on the chart giving Iron Man 2 a slight nudge down to number 2.
Ten years ago - Kingdom of Heaven kept its position at the top of the box office for another week while the highest new film of the week was Monster In Law at number 2.
Fifteen years ago - Gladiator was the highest new film hot off the Oscar glory it got that year, it knocked Kevin and Perry Go Large down to number 2.
Twenty years ago - Circle of Friends made its debut at the top of the box office while Outbreak slipped down to number 2.
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