Indy whips up UK box office chart

The film cost a reported $185m (£94m) to make

The new Indiana Jones film has romped to the top of the UK and Ireland box office chart after taking a huge £12.2m in three days.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trounced the competition, with nearest rival What Happens in Vegas taking just £921,516.

Robert Downey Junior's comic book movie Iron Man fell two places after spending three weeks at number one.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Nim's Island took the fourth and fifth spots.

UK & IRELAND BOX OFFICE 1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - £12.2m 2. What Happens in Vegas - £921,516 3. Iron Man - £834,863 4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall - £323,835 5. Nim's Island - £294,201 Source: Screen International

Adventure film Speed Racer continued its fall down the chart, landing at number six. The Wachowski brothers' film has taken a disappointing £1.1 million since its release three weeks ago.

Patrick Dempsey's romantic comedy Made of Honor dropped a place to seven, as did British horror Doomsday at eight.

Caramel, a Lebanese drama about the lives of five women living in Beirut, remained at nine.

And Colin Farrell's black comedy In Bruges completed the top 10.