'Shopaholic' holds onto Aus BO lead

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Confessions Of A Shopaholic has retained its place at the top of the Australian box office.

New entries Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Duplicity were unable to displace the Isla Fisher rom-com, which spends its second week in a row at number one.

Watchmen and Slumdog Millionaire slip down to number four and five respectively, while Clint Eastwood drama Gran Torino climbs to number six.

Elsewhere, WWE star John Cena's action movie 12 Rounds enters the chart at number seven on its opening weekend.

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

1. (1) Confessions Of A Shopaholic - $1,641,750
2. (-) Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $1,585,867
3. (-) Duplicity - $1,513,829
4. (2) Watchmen - $835,751
5. (3) Slumdog Millionaire - $451,481
6. (7) Gran Torino - $371,547
7. (-) 12 Rounds - $371,547
8. (4) Notorious - $330,672
9. (6) He's Just Not That Into You - $289,783
10. (8) Easy Virtue - $284,113