Allegiant fighting off Kung Fu Panda 3 on Official Video Chart Update

Sci-fi war clashing with computer animated martial arts could only happen on the Official Video Chart.

The third movie in the Divergent series of films is battling another tertiary installment from a popular franchise - Kung Fu Panda.

Based on the novels by Veronica Roth, Allegiant stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James battling to survive in post-apocalyptic Chicago. Kung Fu Panda 3 stars Jack Black as a cuddly panda who kicks butt. Opposites attract.

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Just 8,000 copies separate the two movies in the tight race, with Allegiant in the lead with sales of 42,000. Should Allegiant hold on to Number 1 by Sunday, it will the third in the trilogy to do so following Divergent's three weeks at the top in 2014, and Insurgent's sole week at the helm in 2015.

Former Number 1 Deadpool sits at 3, last week's Number 1 Grimsby falls to 4 and The Revenant slips two places to 5.

New entries and high climbers

Another six new entries look to enter this week's Top 40. Sticking with Allegiant and Kung Ku Panda, boxsets packaging their franchises land at 21 and 34.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, psychological horror The Boy is a strong starter at 6, George Clooney's Hail, Caesar! begins at 7, and Forsaken starring both Kiefer and Donald Sutherland is new at 9. Up 47 places to Number 10 is The BFG, off the back of a remake soon to be released in cinemas.

More high climbers include the Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters 2 double package (up 5 to 11), this year's second biggest seller Spectre (up 28 spots to 18) and The Good Dinosaur which is set to rise by 21 places (19). Lego: Justice League - Gotham Breakout is also gaining ground, climbing 10 spots to 20.

Finally, a packaging of Hail, Caesar! and its associated film Burn After Reading starts out at 34, and is sandwiched by two rising Game of Thrones series. Season 4 rockets 56 places to 29 and Season 3 storms 98 rungs to this week's 35.

The Official Video Chart is revealed here on OfficialCharts.com every Sunday at 5.45pm. Click here to see the latest Top 100.