Bollywood Austen film tops chart

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.