Sony Pictures' Grown Ups starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Chris Rock muscled it's way to the top of the charts with a reasonably impressive opening of £2M ($3.1M) from 401 screens at a print average of £5,005 ($7,673).
However, the critically acclaimed Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World from Universal had to end up settling for only second place which is still considerably better than in the US where it took only fifth place after release.
The movie grossed £1.6M ($2.5M) from 408 screens for an average of £3,933 ($6,000 ). That means it performed better per screen than in the US although it couldnt quite compete with director Edgar Wright's previous movie, Hot Fuzz, which took £5.9M when it opened in 2007.
The next comic book movie which is hoping to improve on its disappointing US opening weekend is Warner Bros’ Jonah Hex.
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