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'Rio' beats 'Sucker Punch' at Aus box office

Published Monday, Apr 11 2011, 10:15 BST | By Simon Reynolds | Add comment

Rio has debuted in first place at the Australian box office ahead of Zack Snyder's action movie Sucker Punch.

20th Century Fox's latest 3D animation, featuring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway, pulls in $2.2 million to best Sucker Punch's $1.7m opening haul.

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston's romantic comedy Just Go With It falls to number three in its second week in theatres, while new releases Hop and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never complete the top five.

Elsewhere, Rango and Battle: Los Angeles experience a sharp drop in ticket sales - 72% and 66% from last week respectively - to land at numbers nine and ten.

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

1. (-) Rio - $2,291,050
2. (-) Sucker Punch - $1,730,118
3. (1) Just Go With It - $1,634,459
4. (-) Hop - $1,475,301
5. (-) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never - $1,218,282
6. (2) The Lincoln Lawyer - $904,269
7. (5) Limitless - $632,037
8. (4) Red Riding Hood - $509,250
9. (3) Rango - $297,165
10. (6) Battle: Los Angeles - $188,007

Watch the first two minutes of Rio below: