What a year 2020 has been – and we’re only 7 months down! With COVID-19 (still) wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting and, let’s face it, unprepared world, reportings of weekend movie grosses hardly feels necessary. And yet, as the entertainment industry remains one of COVID’s biggest casualties, it’s difficult not to find importance in the…
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School holiday cinema viewing has been kind to Kingsman: The Golden Circle, where it sat at no. 1 for the second straight week, following its strong debut last week. This weekend, it made $3.60m, and has already made $12.08m to date nationally. Another strong school holiday performer was The Emoji Movie. This week it made $2.18m, bumping it up from…
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Thanks to a slew of hit films this year, Disney has set a new record for itself at the international box office. Driven by Captain America: Civil War, Finding Dory, Zootopia and The Jungle Book, Disney reached US$3.566 billion as of Sunday, only just surpassing their previous record of US$3.565 billion set last year –…
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Audiences haven’t let their love for Nemo and Dory fade it would seem, as the sequel to 2003’s smash Finding Nemo tears up the box office. Finding Dory has taken some $25 million since its release last month, after it enjoyed the highest grossing opening week for a Disney animated film in Australia (around $13…
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Despite mixed responses from critics, Warner Bros’ superhero showdown film has stormed box offices both locally and abroad. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opened #1 at the Australian box office with over $3.3 million on opening day. It’s a big debut that leaves last year’s local records by Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World and Fast and…
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