Movies
'Paranormal Activity' claims Aus top spot
Published Monday, Dec 7 2009, 12:44 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
Oren Peli's low-budget horror, starring unknowns Micah Sloat and Katie Featherston, takes in $2.7 million to narrowly pip New Moon to first place.
Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are adaptation debuts at number three, while new releases Zombieland and The Informant! crack the top ten at number six and eight respectively.
The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):
1. (-) Paranormal Activity - $2,710,512
2. (1) The Twilight Saga: New Moon - £2,581,907
3. (-) Where The Wild Things Are - $1,576,020
4. (2) 2012 - $1,133,497
5. (3) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - $1,066,524
6. (-) Zombieland - $863,203
7. (4) The Invention Of Lying - $589,997
8. (-) The Informant! - $356,285
9. (5) A Christmas Carol - $218,224
10. (6) The Time Traveller's Wife - $144,022
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