Spider-Man clings to UK top spot

Tobey Maguire has been playing Spider-Man for the last five years

Web-slinging blockbuster Spider-Man 3 has topped the UK and Irish box office chart for a third week.

The superhero action film, starring Tobey Maguire, took £2.5m between Friday and Sunday, giving it a total take of £28.5m in the British Isles.

Zombie horror movie 28 Weeks Later held firm at number two, taking £882,692.

New entries included David Fincher's serial killer drama Zodiac at number three and Magicians, starring Peep Show comedians Mitchell and Webb, at five.

Lovewrecked, a romantic comedy about an 18-year-old girl stranded on a desert island with her idol, made its debut at number six.

UK AND IRELAND TOP FIVE 1. Spider-Man 3 - £2.5m 2. 28 Weeks Later - £0.9m 3. Zodiac - £0.8m 4.Bridge to Terabithia - £0.4m 5. Magicians - £0.3m Source: Screen International

Road Trip movie Wild Hogs, starring John Travolta, fell three places to number seven.

Former chart-topper Mr Bean's Holiday also dropped three places, landing at number eight.

The Rowan Atkinson vehicle has now taken £21.6m in its two-month UK chart run.

At nine, down from six, was another former chart-topper, Next, which features Nicolas Cage as a man who can see two minutes into the future.

Tenth place went This is England, Shane Meadows' tale of an 11-year-old skinhead and an older neo-Nazi gang in the 1980s.