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'Proposal' takes Aus box office crown

Published Monday, Jun 22 2009, 17:56 BST | By Simon Reynolds
'Proposal' takes Aus box office crown

Rex Features

Romantic comedy The Proposal has topped the Australian box office on its first weekend on release.

Starring Sandra Bullock as a bossy book publisher who marries her assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to get a visa, the movie pulled in $3.5 million to end The Hangover's reign at number one.

New entry Year One completes a trio of comedies at the chart summit, while Terminator Salvation and Land Of The Lost follow in fourth and fifth place respectively.

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

1. (-) The Proposal - $3,497,584
2. (1) The Hangover - $3,215,442
3. (-) Year One - $1,965,144
4. (2) Terminator Salvation - $1,316,376
5. (3) Land Of The Lost - $922,937
6. (4) Night At The Museum 2 - $777,113
7. (6) State Of Play - $459,841
8. (7) Angels & Demons - $433,173
9. (5) I Love You, Man - $361,986
10. (8) Star Trek - $244,479

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