'Mamma Mia!' storms to UK box office No.1

Abba musical Mamma Mia! has landed the UK box office number one.

The Meryl Streep romantic comedy knocked Will Smith's superhero vehicle Hancock into second place.

Elsewhere, Brendan Fraser's adventure romp Journey To The Centre Of The Earth debuted at number five, while Jet Li's The Forbidden Kingdom entered at six.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) Mamma Mia! - £6,594,058
2. (1) Hancock - £3,666,398
3. (2) Kung Fu Panda - £2,812,094
4. (3) The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian - £2,044,904
5. (-) Journey To The Centre Of The Earth - £953,878
6. (-) The Forbidden Kingdom - £676,217
7. (4) Wanted - £669,426
8. (5) Sex And The City - £138,857
9. (7) Adulthood - £88,633
10. (8) The Mist - £87,561