'Rodanthe' retains Aussie BO top spot

Richard Gere and Diane Lane's Nights In Rondanthe has held on to the Australian box office top spot.

The romantic tale beats off competition from Coen brothers comedy Burn After Reading, which remains at two.

Teen road movie Sex Drive debuts at three, while Guy Ritchie's latest gangster film RocknRolla falls to fourth.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) Nights In Rodanthe - $939,903
2. (2) Burn After Reading - $712,796
3. (-) Sex Drive - $656,733
4. (3) RocknRolla -$535,154
5. (4) Death Race - $416,293
6. (5) Traitor - $339,910
7. (6) Mirrors - $267,867
8. (10) Body Of Lies - $267,318
9. (8) How to Lose Friends and Alienate People - $262,988
10. (9) The Women - $259,076