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'Last Airbender' tops Australian box office
Published Monday, Sep 20 2010, 13:01 BST | By Simon Reynolds
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The big-screen adaptation of Nickelodeon's popular cartoon series takes in $2.7 million to narrowly edge out last week's chart topper Despicable Me to the number one spot.
The Other Guys and Tomorrow, When The War Began are at numbers three and four, while the Emma Stone-led high school comedy Easy A is a new entry at five.
Elsewhere, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore debuts at number seven, ahead of blockbusters Salt and Inception.
The box office top ten in full (figures in Australian dollars):
1. (-) The Last Airbender - $2,742,253
2. (1) Despicable Me - $2,211,411
3. (2) The Other Guys - $1,802,159
4. (3) Tomorrow, When The War Began - $1,236,893
5. (-) Easy A - $1,198,872
6. (4) The Sorcerer's Apprentice - $792,883
7. (-) Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore - $769,242
8. (5) Salt - $421,838
9. (6) Inception - $357,822
10. (8) The Kids Are All Right - $204,963
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