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'Iron Man 2' retains Aus box office lead
Published Tuesday, May 11 2010, 09:45 BST | By Simon Reynolds
The Robert Downey Jr superhero blockbuster pulled in $4.5 million, a 50% drop from last week's opening, but still coasts to the number one spot ahead of new entry I Love You Too.
Hot Tub Time Machine, Date Night and Letter To Juliet round out the top five, while When In Rome slips to number six.
Elsewhere, Swedish thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo climbs three places to number seven and Avatar re-enters the top ten, rising one spot from last week's number eleven.
The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):
1. (1) Iron Man 2 - $4,565,882
2. (-) I Love You Too - $874,533
3. (2) Hot Tub Time Machine - $451,349
4. (3) Date Night - $424,603
5. (-) Letters To Juliet - $364,007
6. (4) When In Rome - $344,854
7. (10) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - $261,387
8. (5) Beneath Hill 60 - $227,475
9. (6) How To Train Your Dragon - $214,764
10. (11) Avatar - $197,220
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