'Shopaholic' top of Aussie box office

Confessions Of A Shopaholic has topped the Australian box office on its first weekend on release.

The Isla Fisher rom-com knocks Watchmen from the number one spot, while Slumdog Millionaire holds its place at three. New releases Notorious and Friday The 13th complete the top five, landing at number four and five respectively.

Elsewhere, Jessica Biel's Easy Virtue makes its chart bow at number eight.

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

1. (-) Confessions Of A Shopaholic - $2,749,412
2. (1) Watchmen - $1,660,833
3. (3) Slumdog Millionaire - $711,593
4. (-) Notorious - $700,495
5. (-) Friday The 13th - $619,366
6. (2) He's Just Not That Into You - $590,786
7. (4) Gran Torino - $573,867
8. (-) Easy Virtue - $333,702
9. (8) The Reader - $327,493
10. (6) Last Chance Harvey - $272,939