'Transformers' takes Australian box office top spot

Transformers: Dark of the Moon has topped the Australian box office by generating over $12 million in ticket sales.

The third instalment of the Shia LaBeouf action movie, which also stars model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in her acting debut, beats animated children's film Cars 2 which took about $3 million in its second week in the chart.

Third place goes to Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne comedy Bridesmaids, with Jack Black cartoon Kung Fu Panda 2 being knocked down to fourth.

New entry Mr Popper's Penguins comes in at number five, followed by The Hangover Part II, which falls down from fourth place to sixth.

Super 8 made $347,132 in box office ticket sales, closely followed by The Tree of Life with $265,756.

The last two spots in the top 10 go to X-Men: First Class, which was at number six last week and Oranges and Sunshine, which falls down two to number ten.

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

1. (-) Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $12,414,137
2. (1) Cars 2 - $2,859,293
3. (3) Bridesmaids - $2,721,667
4. (2) Kung Fu Panda 2 - $2,387,428
5. (-) Mr Popper's Penguins - $1,579,556
6. (4) The Hangover Part II - $512,187
7. (5) Super 8 - $347,132
8. (-) The Tree of Life - $265,756
9. (6) X-Men: First Class - $263,767
10. (8) Oranges and Sunshine - $237,265

Watch Digital Spy's interviews with Transformers star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and director Michael Bay below: