'Gnomeo & Juliet' storms UK box office

Gnomeo & Juliet has topped the UK box office on its debut weekend on release.

The 3D animated movie, featuring the voices of Emily Blunt and James McAvoy, re-imagines William Shakespeare's tale of star-crossed lovers with a cast of garden gnomes and an Elton John soundtrack.

Its £2.9 million opening haul is enough to see it ease past The King's Speech's £1.9 million and secure the top spot. Last week's number one Tangled falls to three, while new releases True Grit and Yogi Bear round out the top five.

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's romantic comedy Just Go With It lands at number six with £1.6 million in ticket sales. Brit drama Never Let Me Go makes a disappointing chart entrance at number nine, taking in just over £600,000.

Elsewhere, The Fighter and Sanctum 3D are the week's biggest fallers as they each drop five places to numbers eight and ten respectively.

The UK box office top ten in full:

1. (-) Gnomeo & Juliet - £2,945,627
2. (2) The King's Speech - £1,986,871
3. (1) Tangled - £1,969,148
4. (-) True Grit - £1,823,254
5. (-) Yogi Bear - £1,820,405
6. (-) Just Go With It - £1,628,265
7. (4) Black Swan - £1,069,931
8. (3) The Fighter - £1,002,454
9. (-) Never Let Me Go - £625,496
10. (5) Sanctum 3D - £361,832