A £4.6 million second weekend was probably bigger than was ever expected but the film after 10 days has grossed £27.8 million, but will likely start its decent next week.
Highest new film of the week is the semi bio-pic Eddie The Eagle which makes its debut at number 2.
The film about the much loved British ski jumping star takes £2.8 million for the weekend, although it did make its debut on Monday night so this is a full weeks takings.
Deadpool is still the highest total grossing film on the box office having now taken £37.6 million.
Historical charts
A year ago - Fast and Furious 7 made its stunning debut at the top of the box office knocking Cinderella from the top to number 2.
Five years ago - Hop made its very timely Easter debut at the top of the box office while Limitless fell to number 3 after a week at the top.
Ten years ago - Inside Man kept itself at the top of the chart for another week Failure to Launch debuted highest at number 2.
Fifteen years ago - Miss Congeniality remained at the top keeping off Save The Last Dance which debuted at number 2.
Twenty years ago - Toy Story stayed at the top leaving Oscar winning Dead Man Walking to debut at number 2.
Twenty five years ago - King Ralph made its debut a the top knocking Look Who's Talking Too down to number 2 after a week at the top.
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