Minions: The Rise of Gru Is ‘Top Banana’ At The Official Film Chart

They love bananas and this week on the Official Film Chart, Minions: The Rise of Gru climbs to Number 1 on the Chart.

Following its release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD, Minions: The Rise of Gru – the sequel to Minions, which is itself a spin-off prequel to the Despicable Me series – defeats last week’s chart-topper Bullet Train to claim the UK’s Number 1 film this week, climbing two spots and pushing Bullet Train down to Number 2.

Meanwhile, Jurassic World: Dominion is also pushed back one place to land at Number 3. while drama-thriller Where The Crawdads Sing, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, holds tight at Number 4. Biopic Elvis also holds on to its placing from last week at Number 5.

Ahead of it’s Blu-ray and DVD release, Top Gun: Maverick rebounds to Number 6. While recent Marvel chart-topper Thor: Love and Thunder drops one to Number 7.

Sing 2 enjoys another sparkling week in the Top 10 at Number 8, just ahead of Downton Abbey: A New Era at Number 9. DC’s animated adventure DC League of Super-Pets, starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart rounds off the countdown at Number 10.

Further down, this week’s highest new entry is 2014 Sci-Fi thriller Ex-Machina (17). The Oscar-winning film, which stars Alicia Vikander, takes its place in the chart for the first time following its long-awaited 4K UHD release in the UK last week.

Now, as well as OfficialCharts.com, the Official Film Chart can also be found on FindAnyFilm.com – the ultimate site for Film and TV fans to discover all the legal ways to buy the entertainment they want on disc and digital formats.

The Official Film Chart is unveiled each Wednesday. This is published on OfficialCharts.com and available for media syndication.

The chart, the result of a partnership between the Official Charts Company. Also the British Association for Screen Entertainment and incorporating data from retailer members of the Entertainment Retailers Association. – is published on OfficialCharts.com every Wednesday at noon and counts movie downloads from services including Amazon, iTunes, Sky Store, Virgin Media Store, Rakuten TV, Talk Talk TV, as well as 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD disc sales from all high street and online retailers

You can buy any of the titles featured in the Top 10 via Find Any Film. Check out the full Top 40 chart can be viewed on OfficialCharts.com