Adventure movie Fool's Gold has debuted at the top of the Australian box office chart.

The romantic comedy, starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, pushed last week's number one Juno into second place.

New Stephen King adaptation The Mist was a new entry at six, while Oscar-nominated drama There Will Be Blood made its first appearance at ten.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) Fool's Gold - $1,763,076
2. (1) Juno - $871,914
3. (2) 27 Dresses - $598,941
4. (3) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - $527,758
5. (5) American Gangster - $510,061
6. (4) 3:10 to Yuma - $496,936
7. (-) The Mist - $440,030
8. (6) Charlie Wilson's War - $352,978
9. (7) The Jane Austen Book Club - $305,663
10. (-) There Will Be Blood - $281,459