BOX-OFFICE CHARTS

The First Wives Club, in which Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler plot revenge on their dastardly husbands, holds strong in the US, fending off That Thing You Do, a nostalgic comedy starring Liv Tyler and Tom Hanks, and marking Hanks's directorial debut.

(All figures denote weekend box-office only)

TOP 10 US

1 (1) The First Wives Club ($11,017,356) US

2 (-) The Glimmer Man ($7,605,504) US

3 (-) That Thing You Do ($6,208,595) US

4 (-) D3: The Mighty Ducks ($5,170,358) US

5 (2) Extreme Measures ($4,052,267) US

6 (4) Two Days in the Valley ($2,262,578) US

7 (3) Last Man Standing ($2,044,911) US

8 (5) Fly Away Home ($2,014,882) US

9 (6) Independence Day ($1,480,901) US

10 (-) Big Night ($1,196,463) US

TOP 10 LONDON

1 (-) The Nutty Professor (pounds 166,242) US

2 (-) Jude (pounds 77,927) UK

3 (1) Emma (pounds 67,915) US

4 (-) Courage Under Fire (pounds 61,342) US

5 (2) Last Man Standing (pounds 37,637) US

6 (5) Jane Eyre (pounds 33,382) US

7 (6) Independence Day (pounds 28,844) US

8 (3) A Time to Kill (pounds 27,172) US

9 (4) Striptease (pounds 26,467) US

10 (7) Multiplicity (pounds 21,225) US

Charts supplied by 'Screen International'