'Dark Knight' holds Aussie No.1

The Dark Knight has held on to the Australian box office top spot for a fifth week.

It holds off competition from Liam Neeson's action thriller Taken, which enters at two.

Elsewhere, Star Wars: The Clone Wars debuts at four, while Bryan Bertino's horror The Strangers goes straight in at seven.

The only other new entry comes from Thomas McCarthy's drama The Visitor at number ten.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) The Dark Knight - $1,953,131
2. (-) Taken - $1,666,041
3. (2) Mamma Mia! - $1,464,463
4. (-) Star Wars: The Clone Wars - $1,324,150
5. (4) Pineapple Express - $830,440
6. (3) Wanted - $769,367
7 (-) The Strangers - $722,982
8. (5) The Bank Job - $540,021
9. (6) The Forbidden Kingdom - $157,500
10. (-) The Visitor - $157,273