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'Star Trek' lands atop Aus box office

Published Monday, May 11 2009, 20:44 BST | By Simon Reynolds
'Star Trek' lands atop Aus box office
Star Trek has topped the Australian box office on its debut weekend.

J.J. Abrams's franchise reinvention outmuscles Wolverine to secure the chart pole position with $4.6 million in ticket sales.

Elsewhere, comedy Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past and romantic drama Samson And Delilah are new entries at number three and nine respectively.

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

1. (-) Star Trek - $4,657,564
2. (1) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - $2,927,434
3. (-) Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past - $1,799,269
4. (3) Defiance - $657,175
5. (2) Fast & Furious - $565,379
6. (5) The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - $368,083
7. (4) 17 Again - $274,652
8. (6) Monsters Vs. Aliens - $233,999
9. (-) Samson And Delilah - $199,163
10. (7) The Boat That Rocked - $186,219
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