Movies
'Brüno' breaks records at Aus box office
Published Monday, Jul 13 2009, 11:42 BST | By Simon Reynolds
WENN
The movie, which centres on the Austrian fashion host attempting to become famous in the US, holds off competition from Ice Age 3 to secure first place.
It breaks Universal's record for the biggest comedy opening in Australia, with a $1.69 million haul on its opening day. The total is more than $500,000 ahead of Borat's first-day gross in 2006.
Elsewhere, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen slips to number three, Hannah Montana climbs a place to four and comedy The Hangover is at five.
The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):
1. (-) Brüno - $5,861,291
2. (2) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $5,533,985
3. (1) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen - $3,719,134
4. (5) Hannah Montana: The Movie - $1,832,616
5. (3) The Hangover - $1,449,686
6. (4) The Proposal - $1,448,614
7. (6) Year One - $350,668
8. (7) Coco Before Chanel - $293,057
9. (8) Night At The Museum 2 - $227,098
10. (9) Terminator Salvation - $130,460
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