It’s a sign of the times that the school holidays (and the USA’s summer blockbuster season) are upon us, as Transformers: The Last Knight tops the chart this week, making $4.46m in the process. It’s not a particularly impressive sum, however – the amount is the smallest opening weekend for a #1 film since King Arthur: Legend…
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This week, Gru and his minions beat out Wonder Woman and her Lasso of Truth, as new release Despicable Me 3 takes the lead and premieres at no. 1, earning $5.89m in the process. Wonder Woman dropped to no. 2, but not without earning $3.35m in the process. It’s now made over $20m nationally since debuting a fortnight…
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The sequel to the 2015 smash comedy Daddy’s Home has received its first trailer and it’s a star studded affair that’s shaping up to be hilarious. Sean Anders directs again as Dusty (Mark Wahlberg) and Brad (Will Ferrell) join forces to provide their kids with the perfect Christmas. Their newfound partnership is put to the test when…
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Wonder Woman took the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row, earning $5.70m. Its screen average was $13,589, up more than $2k per screen from its opening weekend – something almost unheard of for “blockbuster” film; a testament to the incredible buzz around the film. Don’t expect it to fall…
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After much anticipation, a few misogynistic reports from international screenings and a genuine “please don’t f**k this up” vibe by keen DCEU fans (probably reeling from the Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice debacle), Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot, opened this weekend and promptly moved up to top spot on the box office chart, earning $6.76m….
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The fifth film in the Pirates franchise lived up to expectations, earning $5.88m at the box office in its opening weekend and shooting straight to no. 1. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is also the best performing opening for a film since Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 opening at the beginning of May with $8.61m….
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It supposedly didn’t do as well as expected in its opening week in the USA, but Australians haven’t been quite so tough on King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. In its first appearance at the Australian box office, it earned $2.32m. That’s not to say it’s been hugely successful here. Its performance at the box office so far has…
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It’s been a pretty big opening weekend for at least two new release films, which both occupy the top two spots on the box office ladder this week. Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant opened this weekend and promptly took over the no. 1 spot (last week held by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) , earning $3.95m in its…
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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 topped the box office ladder again this week, taking in $4.99m in earnings. The only steady title in the top three, it’s already earned $23.06m since it premiered on Anzac Day, and is set to overtake the first Guardians of the Galaxy if it can make a total of $27m –…
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It’s no surprise that the highly anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 performed so well. The first film, which opened in 2014, became the 6th best grossing film of its year. The sequel took in $8.61m in this week, but advance screenings went way back to the Anzac Day opening last week, so its actual total…
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It seems there’s no roadblocks for The Fate of the Furious, which remains in the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row. This week, it earned $4.96m, down considerably from its opening week last week when it earned $10.07m. This is also due to the overlap of the school holiday period, and…
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Praise Jeebus, the muscles won over the Easter long weekend, as The Fate Of The Furious, the latest film in the Fast and the Furious franchise (and the first since Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift that doesn’t feature Paul Walker) took in $10.07m in its opening week at the box office. The film has…
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After watching Guardians of The Galaxy the day it hit cinemas in July of 2014 (yes, I feel older and did you know Justin Bieber is 23 now?), I said to myself “I want more, this is going to be pretty massive, I reckon that Groot Tree might be a hit as well”. My mate…
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Not surprising that the great reviews, great publicity and release around the school holiday period for Beauty And The Beast has earned this another no. 1 spot for this week. Generating $4.96m, it has also made a total of $34m since its premiere. It’s already the biggest release of the year so far, and has even beaten Disney’s biggest earner…
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Disney’s new live action version of Beauty And The Beast is at the top of the box office ladder again this week. Although it only made $7.74m this time around (last week it made $13m), its total earnings since its premiere is $26.15m, and, at the rate it’s travelling, is now likely to be one…
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There has been a lot of movement on the charts this week, thanks to a crowded pile of new entries into cinemas over the weekend. The highly anticipated Disney remake Beauty and the Beast went straight to the top of the ladder. It sits comfortably at no. 1, having earned $13.14m, giving it the biggest…
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It appears there’s no stopping the mighty King Kong, as Kong: Skull Island topped the box office for the second week in a row, earning $3.13m. The number of screens this film is available (nationally) has dropped from 523 last week to 395 this week, so we might see this one slip a little after…
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Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island, has just beaten Aussie Hugh to the top spot, in its first weekend at the box office. Kong: Skull Island took in $4.71m, and stars Tom Hiddleston and last year’s Best Actress Oscar winner, Brie Larson. Logan still did considerably well, sitting at no. 2 on the box office ladder and…
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It should come as little surprise that the highly-anticipated “final” Wolverine film, Logan, should do so well in its premiere week. The film shot straight up to no. 1 at the box office and earneda massive $7.85m in the process. This is Hugh Jackman’s last foray as Logan/Wolverine, and it’s been well reported that he and director James…
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Despite not winning anything of its three Oscar Nominations, Hidden Figures still topped the week’s box office ladder, earning $2.75m. Sitting in the top spot for the 2nd week in a row is a good place for this film to be in, as people find out more and more about the three women involved in…
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So it looks as though Australian audiences want more than light S&M in the bedroom, with Hidden Figures, the Taraji P. Henson film about female African-American mathematicians at NASA, taking the top spot this week. In its opening week, it made $3.25m and beat out Fifty Shades Darker for no. 1. Like many of the…
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You know that the natural order of the world has been restored when a film featuring sexy time does better than a film about a man searching for his birth mother. Fifty Shades Darker, the sequel to 2015’s Fifty Shades of Grey, premiered in theatres this weekend and promptly took its place at the top…
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There seems to be no stopping the Lion juggernaut. It made $3.05m at the box office this week, and sits at no. 1 on the ladder for the third week in a row. To date, it has made $16.22m, and if it make over $21m, it will sit alongside Red Dog, Mad Max: Fury Road and Strictly…
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Hooray for Australian film! Oscar hopeful Lion continued to dominate at the box office this week, bringing in $4.18m. As an Aussie indie production, it’s doing quite well. Lion and The Great Gatsby have been the only Australian films to earn more at the box office in its second week in the cinemas. As predicted last week, M. Night Shyamalan’s newest…
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Whether it’s from its recent positive publicity, school holidays drawing to a close or just the fact that it’s a brilliant film, Lion, starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, did extremely well in its opening weekend, earning $4.19m, where it now sits at the top of the box office ladder. Opening on 254 screens nationally, it…
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Animated musical flick Sing did well this week, earning $2.32m at the Australia box office. In its third week in the cinema and second week at top spot, it’s already earned $22.3 million, although it has dropped in earnings from last week by 33%. Hot on its tail is the live action musical (no animals this time) La La Land, which took…
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When 2016 ended, the world, and everyone in galaxies far far away, knew for bloody sure that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was going to blitz the box office. However, with the release of Christmas and holiday entertainment, this has now slipped down the ladder, making way, this week, for the Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon animated…
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It comes as no surprise that the highly anticipated Rogue One: A Star Wars Story should blitz the box office in its premiere week. It made an epic $14.75m, which means that 3 out of every 4 tickets sold this week at the movies was for this film! It’s also had the second best opening weekend of the…
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It seems there’s no stopping Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, which topped the Box Office chart again for the fourth week in a row, hauling in $2.21 million. It’s tipped to be 2016’s sixth highest grossing film. Only Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Finding Dory managed to take the no. 1 spot four weeks in a…
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There must be an abundance of bottled good fortune (or Felix Felicis for the HP nerds) sent to the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them cast and crew – as it’s remained at no. 1 at the box office for the 3rd week in a row, earning another $3.25 million, while its international tally crosses US$600m. As the…
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