Mr Bean's Holiday is the second film outing for Atkinson's alter ego

The Rowan Atkinson movie made £2.5m over the Easter weekend, giving it a box office haul of £14.3m so far.

Blades Of Glory, which stars Jon Heder and Will Ferrell as rival figure skaters, entered at two, taking £1m.

It was less than £1,000 ahead of war epic 300, which dropped one place to number three.

UK AND IRELAND TOP FIVE 1. Mr Bean's Holiday, £2.452m 2. Blades Of Glory, £1.024m (including previews) 3. 300, £1.023m 4. Sunshine, £1.021m 5. Meet the Robinsons, £622,000 Source: Screen International

Critically acclaimed British sci-fi film Sunshine, which stars Cillian Murphy as an astronaut on a mission to restart the failing sun, was a new entry at four - also taking £1m

Disney's Meet The Robinsons, an animation about a boy genius, rounded out the top five, with takings of £446,282.

Elsewhere in the charts, British film Provoked was a new entry at number 11, despite the fact it was only shown in 35 cinemas.

The film tells the true story of a British woman, Kiranjit Ahluwalia, who was jailed in 1989 for killing her violent husband by setting him on fire.