Iron Man holds on to UK top spot

Iron Man sees Robert Downey Jr make a comeback as an action hero

Comic-book film Iron Man has topped the UK and Ireland box office chart for a second week running.

The movie, starring Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow, took �1.98m, bringing its two-week total to �10.2m.

Cameron Diaz's romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas was the highest new entry at number two, with �1.3m.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall fell a place to three, while adventure movie Speed Racer entered the chart at four after taking a disappointing �362,000.

Family film Nim's Island dropped from number three to number five.

British horror Doomsday was a new entry at six with Patrick Dempsey's Made of Honour down three places to seven.

UK & IRELAND BOX OFFICE 1. Iron Man - �1.98m 2. What Happens in Vegas - �1.26m 3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - �524,326 4. Speed Racer - �362,102 5. Nim's Island - �317,505 Source: Screen International

Black comedy In Bruges, gambling drama 21 and horror film The Eye made up the rest of the top 10.

Meanwhile in a new development on the North American box office chart, Speed Racer fell to third place after film studios over-estimated its success by $1.6m (�820,000).

Initial forecasts placed the film in second place after its opening weekend on $20.2m (�10.4m), but final figures revised this total to $18.6m (�9.5m).

The film - made by the Wachowski brothers, best-known for The Matrix franchise - cost $120m (�61.6m) to make.

Going into the weekend, Speed Racer had been the best hope of film studio Warner Bros of giving Iron Man, the current box office champion, a run for its money.

The change pushed What Happens in Vegas into second place after taking $20.2m (�10.4m), slightly above its original estimate.

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