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'Watchmen' tops Aussie box office

Published Tuesday, Mar 10 2009, 16:22 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
'Watchmen' tops Aussie box office
Zack Snyder's Watchmen has topped the Australian box office on its first weekend on release.

The big-budget graphic novel adaptation, which stars Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson as superheroes in Cold War-era America, ends He's Just Not That Into You's three-week reign at number one.

The only other new entry, Renée Zellweger rom-com New In Town, debuts at number five.

The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):

1. (-) Watchmen - $3,584,253
2. (1) He's Just Not That Into You - $1,062,802
3. (2) Slumdog Millionaire - $974,068
4. (3) Gran Torino - $729,067
5. (-) New In Town - $512,950
6. (6) Last Chance Harvey - $472,304
7. (4) The Unborn - $470,733
8. (7) The Reader - $410,363
9. (5) The International - $346,079
10. (8) Ghost Town - $220,024

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