Movies
'Potter' spends second week atop Aus BO
Published Wednesday, Jul 29 2009, 13:56 BST | By Simon Reynolds
The wizard movie retains its chart lead ahead of Ice Age 3, while the Transformers sequel leaps a place to number three.
Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell, his return to the horror genre, is a new entry at number four, while Brüno experiences a sharp drop in business, sliding to five. Chéri, starring Michelle Pfeiffer as an aging courtesan, debuts at number ten.
The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):
1. (1) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - $6,462,870
2. (2) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - $2,052,977
3. (4) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen - $1,156,695
4. (-) Drag Me To Hell - $1,052,821
5. (3) Brüno - $1,012,644
6. (6) The Hangover - $851,546
7. (5) Hannah Montana: The Movie - $643,746
8. (7) My Life In Ruins - $601,019
9. (8) The Proposal - $591,252
10. (-) Chéri - $297,666
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