British comedy The Lady in the Van followed up a successful debut last week with a very noteworthy second week. The Maggie Smith led film surpassed Deadpool with AU$1.65 million to take top spot.
Deadpool however only trailed slightly earning AU$1.60 million. The Merc with a Mouth overtook Iron Man to become the third most successful comic book origin film ever. The original Spider-man is on top but one more week or two should see Deadpool move past Guardians of the Galaxy.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new venture Grimsby was only about $100k from taking second spot, the gross out-comedy keeping the mystery and intrigue of 10 Cloverfield Lane to fourth spot with AU$1.4 million.
Of course Zootopia is about to open in time for school holidays but even in pre-release, Disney’s newest made half a million and settled in at sixth spot.
| # | Film Title | Distributor | Box Office |
| 1 | THE LADY IN THE VAN | SONY PICTURES | $1,658,403 |
| 2 | DEADPOOL | FOX | $1,609,207 |
| 3 | GRIMSBY | ROADSHOW | $1,608,230 |
| 4 | 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE | PARAMOUNT | $1,453,444 |
| 5 | HOW TO BE SINGLE | WARNER BROS | $878,340 |
| 6 | ZOOTOPIA | WALT DISNEY | $542,556 |
| 7 | LOVE PUNJAB | MINDBLOWING FILMS | $406,601 |
| 8 | HAIL, CAESAR! | UNIVERSAL | $390,860 |
| 9 | SPOTLIGHT | ENTERTAINMENT ONE | $348,175 |
| 10 | BROOKLYN | TRANSMISSION | $328,216 |
This week we see the official release of Zootopia and action sequel London has Fallen.
All figures from The Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia and Box Office Mojo.
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