 Bride and Prejudice contains several Bollywood dance routines |
Gurinder Chadha's Bollywood-inspired adaptation of Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice has gone straight to the top of the UK and Ireland box office. Bride and Prejudice took �1.67m on its first weekend, knocking romantic comedy Wimbledon from the top spot into third place. Horror Saw stayed at number two.
The second highest new entry was Resident Evil: Apocalypse, which went in at number four.
Matthew Vaughn's gangster film Layer Cake slipped two places to number five.
 | TOP FIVE FILMS 1. Bride and Prejudice 2. Saw 3. Wimbledon 4. Resident Evil: Apocalypse 5. Layer Cake Source: Screen International |
Man on Fire was the only other new entry in the top 10, at number six.
The revenge thriller stars Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken.
Ben Stiller comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story retained its position as the highest grossing film in the chart.
The film slipped three places from 10 to seven but has amassed takings of �9.7m since its release at the end of August.
The Motorcycle Diaries, based on the travels of Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara, was the chart's only re-entry at number 13.
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