'X-Men' takes Australia by storm

X-Men: The Last Stand was the best-performing film at the Australian box office over the weekend, grossing AUS$6.69m.

After one week at the top, Ron Howard's adaptation of The Da Vinci Code slipped to second place. New entry Take the Lead debuted in third position, followed by M:i:III and The Benchwarmers.

The top ten in full:
1. (-) X-Men: The Last Stand - AUS$6.69m
2. (1) The Da Vinci Code - AUS$4.25m
3. (-) Take the Lead - AUS$1.41m
4. (2) Mission: Impossible III - AUS$0.53m
5. (3) The Benchwarmers - AUS$0.39m
6. (-) Candy - AUS$0.27m
7. (-) Separate Lies - AUS$0.16m
8. (4) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - AUS$0.15m
9. (7) The World's Fastest Indian - AUS$0.13m
10. (-) Fanaa - AUS$0.13m