Wild Hogs sees the suburban bikers mixing with Hell's Angels

The film stars John Travolta and Tim Allen as middle-aged men who decide to ride through the US on motorbikes.

Including previews, it took �1.69m over the weekend, pushing Mr Bean's Holiday into second place. The Rowan Atkinson comedy has taken �18.3m in total.

In third place is Will Ferrell ice-skating comedy Blades of Glory (�740,872) and at number four is action movie Shooter (�716,202).

UK AND IRELAND TOP FIVE 1. Wild Hogs, �1.69m (including previews) 2. Mr Bean's Holiday, �1.52m 3. Blades Of Glory, �740,872 4. Shooter, �716,202 5. 300, �499,369 Source: Screen International

Sword and sandals epic 300 (�499,369) slips to fifth place with a total box office of more than �13m.

Danny Boyle's sci-fi film Sunshine drops to number six in the new chart, adding �443,368 to its box office total of �2.24m.

Two foreign-language films make their debut in the top ten, with Chinese action epic Curse of the Golden Flower taking over �350,000 at number eight.

Directed by Zhang Yimou, who made Hero and House of Flying Daggers, the film broke box office records on its release in China.