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Man of Steel tops Aussie box office with nearly $9m takings

Superman origins film Man of Steel topped the Australian box office this weekend. According to figures from the Motion Picture Distributor’s Association of Australia, the Zack Snyder directed film took $8,877,913 across 560 screens. The film opened on Thursday.

In its second weekend, the animated Despicable Me 2 took half that of Man of Steel bringing in just shy of $4.5m across 487 screens.

The Great Gatsby continues to attract audiences placing fifth in the top 20 taking more than $1m across 257 screens while Catriona McKenzie’s Satellite Boy made just $28,0071 showing on 10 screens.

Then top 20 weekend box office: 

Box office July 1 2013

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