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'Up' soars to Aus box office summit

Published Monday, Sep 7 2009, 11:09 BST | By Simon Reynolds
'Up' soars to Aus box office summit
Up has landed atop the Australian box office on its first weekend on release.

The latest film from Pixar, its first in 3D, takes in more than $2 million to knock Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds from the number one spot. The Taking Of Pelham 123 slips a place to three, while Aliens In The Attic and Australian film Charlie & Boots round out the top five.

Elsewhere, The Ugly Truth plummets to number eight and new entry The Soloist debuts at nine.

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

1. (-) Up - $2,111,655
2. (1) Inglourious Basterds - £1,479,638
3. (2) The Taking Of Pelham 123 - £1,105,166
4. (-) Aliens In The Attic - $841,582
5. (-) Charlie & Boots - $800,460
6. (4) The Young Victoria - $658,384
7. (5) District 9 - $616,915
8. (3) The Ugly Truth - $538,529
9. (-) The Soloist - $340,852
10. (6) My Sister's Keeper - $292,108

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