MERYL STREEP - MAMMA MIA! SINGS ITS WAY TO TOP OF UK BOX OFFICE

MAMMA MIA! SINGS ITS WAY TO TOP OF UK BOX OFFICE

Mamma Mia! has charmed its way to the top of the UK box office chart after its first weekend on release.

The musical took £5.2 million in its first three days to push last week's number one, Hancock, into second place.

Starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth, the West End adaptation tells of a young girl (Amanda Seyfried) who, on the eve of her wedding on a Greek island, invites the three men who could be her father - Brosnan, Firth and Stellan Skarsgard - to the wedding.

Reuniting the original stage team of director Phyllida Lloyd, producer Judy Craymer and writer Catherine Johnson, the movie uses 22 Abba songs and has been a stage hit across the globe.

Hancock, Kung Fu Panda and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian each dropped a place while martial arts adventure The Forbidden Kingdom was the second-highest new entry, debuting at five.

Journey to the Center of the Earth, a CGI-heavy adaptation of the Jules Verne classic starring Brendan Fraser, entered the chart in seventh.

The top ten films at the UK box office are: (last week's position)

1 Mamma Mia! - £5.2 million (-)
2 Hancock - £3.6 million (1)
3 Kung Fu Panda - £2.8 million (2)
4 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - £934,561 (3)
5 The Forbidden Kingdom - £824,586 (-)
6 Wanted - £669,426 (4)
7 Journey to the Center of the Earth - £453,878 (-)
8 Sex and the City - £138,857 (5)
9 Adulthood - £88,630 (7)
10 The Mist - £87,561 (8)