The spin-off from E4’s The Inbetweeners has recorded the biggest ever opening for a UK-produced comedy.
Between Wednesday and Sunday it took £13.2m, putting it comfortably on top of the UK and Ireland box office chart.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason held the previous record for highest opening by a UK comedy.
According to the producers of The Inbetweeners Movie, that film took £10.4m in its first weekend in 2004.
The girls from the Inbetweeners series
The Inbetweeners Movie has enjoyed the second biggest debut so far this year in the UK and Ireland, behind the final Harry Potter film.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 made £23m its its opening weekend when it opened in July.
