'Iron Man' tops Australian box office

Superhero blockbuster Iron Man has debuted at the top of the Australian box office chart.

Patrick Dempsey comedy Made of Honour is also a new entry at two, pushing previous chart-topper Forgetting Sarah Marshall into third.

Elsewhere, The Spiderwick Chronicles drops seven places to ten, while Gone Baby Gone climbs three to re-enter the chart at nine.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) Iron Man - $5,788,340
2. (-) Made of Honour - $1,439,053
3. (1) Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $658,792
4 (7) The Painted Veil - $317,936
5. (2) Street Kings - $294,366
6. (5) Deception - $249,239
7. (4) Nim's Island - $178,203
8. (8) Untraceable - $165,610
9. (12) Gone Baby Gone - $140,772
10. (3) The Spiderwick Chronicles - $762,984