'Harry Potter' opens to colossal £23 million - UK box office top 10 in full

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has opened to a record-breaking £23 million first weekend at the UK box office.

The JK Rowling fantasy series finale's £23.7 million debut haul has almost matched the cumulative gross for second-place film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which has earned £23.9 million since its release on June 29.

Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has beaten previous records held for three-day weekend takings, the biggest Friday and Saturday results and greatest single-day figures. All four records came from the movie's predecessor, Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which took £18.3m in its first weekend last year.

Elsewhere, Bridesmaids and Kung Fu Panda 2 fall a place from last week, while The Guard and The Tree of Life hold their spots at numbers five and six.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is a new entry at seven and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides re-enters the chart at ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:

1. (-) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - £23,753,171
2. (1) Transformers: Dark of the Moon - £1,990,508
3. (2) Bridesmaids - £1,576,780
4. (3) Kung Fu Panda 2 - £779,183
5. (5) The Guard - £368,148
6. (6) The Tree of Life - £267,866
7. (-) Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara - £254,329
8. (4) Bad Teacher - £203,911
9. (7) The Hangover Part II - £101,839
10. (11) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - £59,931

Watch the trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 below: