District 9 repeats box office success

District 9, which topped the American box office the weekend it opened, has repeated its form in South Africa, topping the Ster-Kinekor box-office over its launch weekend, 28-30 August 2009. It displaced GI Joe - The rise of Cobra> down a spot from last week, cementing its place as one of this year's favourite releases. Other box office charts released by Ster-Kinekor on Monday 31 August include Anne Fontaine's biopic, Coco Avant Chanel, which tops the Cinema Nouveau box-office chart on its debut weekend and another South African film, Izulu Lami, which remains on the Nouveau chart after opening last week.