Ananova:

The Pacifier starring Vin Diesel has beaten John Travolta's new movie to top the US box office chart.

The Pacifier, in which Diesel's character must protect a group of unruly children, took £15.7m in its opening weekend.

Be Cool, which sees Travolta revive his Get Shorty character, took £12.2m to enter in second place.

Will Smith's comedy Hitch was in third place, reports BBC online.

Last week's number one, low-budget comedy-drama Diary of a Mad Black Woman, slipped to number four.

Oscar success helped Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby move up from sixth to fifth in the cinema chart.