Man of Steel follows US success and tops UK box office

Man of Steel scored the biggest opening for June in the US making $113m (£71.9m)

Superman movie Man of Steel has followed its success in the US by topping the UK box office.

The film, which stars British actor Henry Cavill as the superhero, took £11.2m in ticket sales from 572 screens in its opening weekend.

Will Smith's After Earth dropped to two in its second week of release, taking £1.2m.

The only other two new entries were Summer In February at 11 and Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing at 13.

Both films were on limited release at just 64 screens.

Costume drama Summer in February, which stars and was produced by Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens made £74,898, averaging £1,170 per location.

While Whedon's Shakespeare adaptation which he shot in black and white at his California home made £68,710 - an average of £1,067 per location.

Steven Soderbegh's Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra, moved up from eight to number five after being shown in almost double the number of screens than last week.

It has now taken a total of £1.6m since its release.

Children's 3D animation Epic continued to do well, remaining at number four adding another £852,831 to its £12.2m haul.