Grossing a very good £6 million Home become an instant hit and a children's favourite with a likely sequel to come.
Struggling a little and debuting in second place is the sequel Insurgent, full title The Divergent Series Insurgent, with an opening gross of £2.9 million, although hit is ahead of the £1.7 million Divergent took on it's opening.
Falling into 3rd after 3 weeks at the top is The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which has taken £13 million to date.
The gunman is also new this week at 5 and Wild Card is new at 10.
Historical charts
A year ago - The Grand Budapest Hotel was still the top film in the country and with a fairly static top 5 the highest new film was Starred Up at 6.
Five years ago - Alice In Wonderland was still at the top with the top new film coming in at 2 in the shape of The Bounty Hunter.
Ten years ago - Robots made it's debit at the top of the box office knocking Will Smith's Hitch down to second place.
Fifteen years ago - Toy Story 2 was still at number 1 after 7 weeks weeks at the top, the highest new entry of the week was the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, released after the death of it's director Stanley Kubrick, and the fist time it has been in cinemas in the UK since 1971.
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