MUMBAI: Sex and The City 2 starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon triumphed at the box office in the UK and Ireland with a opening weekend of GBP 6.13 million making it the thirrd biggest opening of 2010.

The highest grossing films in the opening weekend this year are Alice in Wonderland (GBP 10.5 million) and Iron Man 2 (GBP 6.8 million).

The sequel to the 2008 box office smash again directed by Michael Patrick King and reuniting the four leading ladies added a touch of glamour to cinemas across the country over the Bank Holiday weekend.

In Sex and The City 2 life is everything the ladies ever wished it to be, but it wouldn’t be Sex and the City if life didn’t hold a few more surprises … this time in the form of a glamorous, sun-drenched adventure that whisks the women away from New York to one of the most luxurious, exotic and vivid places on earth, where the party never ends and there’s something mysterious around every corner. It’s an escape that comes exactly at the right moment for the four friends, who are finding themselves in – and fighting against – the traditional roles of marriage, motherhood and more. After all, sometimes you just have to get away with the girls.

Sex and The City is directed by Michael Patrick King from his own screenplay, based on the TV series created by Darren Star, based on characters from the book by Candace Bushnell. The film stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, with John Corbett and Chris Noth. Liza Minnelli, Alice Eve, Max Ryan, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Raza Jaffrey, Omid Djalili, Penelope Cruz, Miley Cyrus, Willie Garson and Mario Cantone also star. King also produced the film with Sarah Jessica Parker, Darren Star and John Melfi. Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener and Marcus Viscidi served as executive producers.