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'Avatar' remains in Aus BO top spot

Published Monday, Feb 8 2010, 09:16 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
'Avatar' remains in Aus BO top spot
Avatar has topped the Australian box office for the eighth week running.

The James Cameron epic holds off competition from Mel Gibson thriller Edge Of Darkness to spend its second month atop the chart. Avatar has now pulled in almost $100 million at the box office down under.

Vampire action movie Daybreakers is a new entry at number three, Law Abiding Citizen slips to four, while Morgan Freeman's Invictus is at five.

Elsewhere, Up In The Air holds its position at seven and indie comedy Bran Nue Dae continues to perform well, remaining in the top ten after a month on release.

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

1. (1) Avatar - $3,936,622
2. (-) Edge Of Darkness - $1,433,847
3. (-) Daybreakers - $1,064,244
4. (2) Law Abiding Citizen - $1,036,765
5. (3) Invictus - $952,092
6. (4) It's Complicated - $919,856
7. (7) Up In The Air - $826,850
8. (5) Tooth Fairy - $598,446
9. (6) Bran Nue Dae - $566,109
10. (8) Sherlock Holmes - $478,727

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