Box Office Report

Australian Box Office Report: Secret Life of Pets is Top Dog again this week

For the second week in a row, The Secret Life of Pets, voiced by Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart, has taken the top spot at the box ladder, bringing in $4.80 million this week.  With a total box office earnings of $7.38 million since its premiere, it’s the best fortnight result since the first two weekends of Suicide Squad.  ….

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Australian Box Office Report: Bad Moms overtakes Suicide Squad in its third week of release

Looks like Suicide Squad has finally been knocked off its number one perch by Bad Moms, after dominating the box office across the first three weeks of its release. Having coasted at number two for a fortnight, Moms did an impressive $1.99 million this week to move into the top spot, possibly due to the weekend being the third…

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Australian Box Office Report: We still can’t get enough of Suicide Squad

So if you’re over superhero films, Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto, you will not be happy to hear that Suicide Squad remains top of the Box Office ladder this week, its third week in no. 1 since its premiere week. The DC Comics’ supervillains remain in top spot with AU$3.18 million made this week, followed by Bad Moms, having…

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Australian Box Office Report: Suicide Squad remains on top, Bourne slides to 4th place

Mixed reviews and Jared Leto critiques be gone, because Suicide Squad remains firmly in first place on the Australian Box Office report.  Whilst it didn’t do as well in its second week against its unbelievable performance in its opening week (where it earned AU $13,904,557), its takings of AU$5.9 million mean that it’s stronger than Jason Bourne’s second week on…

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Australian Box Office Report: Yep, Suicide Squad smashed its opening weekend

OK, as we’ve already reported on Suicide Squad breaking opening day box office records, it should be no surprise that it sits at the top of the leaderboard on the Australian Box Office , knocking rogue former CIA agent Jason Bourne off the number one spot after just one week. Suicide Squad made a massive AU $13,904,557 since its release last…

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Suicide Squad breaks opening box office records in Australia

Though critics haven’t been overly kind to the latest comic book blockbuster Suicide Squad (though our own writer had nicer things to say about it), fans of the DC franchise wasted no time in packing cinemas to see the film, breaking a pile of Australian box office records in the process. Roadshow, who distribute the…

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Australian Box Office Report: If you don’t know Jason Bourne, you’ll know him now

The USA is well into their summer, so blockbuster after blockbuster have been trotted out, both here and internationally, while Australian audiences delight in getting great content as we freeze our butts off. Matt Damon‘s new action-venture, Jason Bourne, has just made it through its first weekend in Australia and it’s already done well over the previous week’s newest release, Star Trek Beyond (making…

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Australian Box Office Report: Star Trek goes above and beyond

The all-female reboot of Ghostbusters spent one week at the top, with Star Trek: Beyond taking the throne this week. Beyond had the lowest opening of the trilogy domestically, but that didn’t stop it from taking its place on top. The third film in the rebooted series earned AU$4 million dollars in its opening weekend…

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Australian Box Office Report: Ghostbusters debuts on top despite negative press

Well, the people have spoken. The all female Ghostbusters reboot managed to weather all its bad press and come out on top. The film opened with US$46 million in the states and hit top spot in Australia, earning AU$4.7 million. Not a bad start at all and our own review certainly paints it in a…

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Australian Box Office Report: Finding Dory survives The Legend of Tarzan‘s debut

Despite The Legend of Tarzan barrelling into cinemas with a tonne of marketing, Finding Dory still managed to come out on top in this weeks box office figures. Dory racked up another AU$5 million but the real story is that in the U.S, it became the highest grossing domestic release of 2016, currently sitting on…

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The Secret Life of Pets sets an opening box office record in the USA

Universal’s The Secret Life of Pets has set a record for an original animated property as it led a strong field of pictures through the post-holiday weekend, where the top twelve films grossed an estimated $206 million. The weekend’s other big releases, Mike and Dave need Wedding Dates as well as the limited (only playing…

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Australian Box Office Report: Finding Dory keeps on swimming above water

Finding Dory just keeps swimming. Excuse me and my ridiculous cliche but the sequel to 2003’s animated smash is still making big money, earning AU$5.5 million over the last week. Pixar’s maritime flick has surpassed Finding Nemo’s domestic figure of US$339 million, currently sitting on a cool US$389 million. Time is the only obstacle keeping…

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The BFG wraps up close to $5 million in its first week of release

The BFG – based on Roald Dahl’s 1982 novel – has opened in Australian cinemas thanks to Steven Spielberg & Co and box office figures suggest that, in spite of it not coming in at number one over the weekend, audiences are lapping at it up. The film has earned over $4.5 million since its release…

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Tarzan and the third Purge surprise at US box office while The BFG disappoints

The numbers are from the US July 4th Holiday Weekend box office and for the third week running, Finding Dory keeps on swimming faster than its competition, bringing in an estimated $41.9 million from Friday to Sunday. By the end of Monday, it’s expected to pass the total box office achieved by the original film, and become the…

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Finding Dory continues its record haul at the box office

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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Australian Box Office Report: Now You See Me 2 is pulling no illusions here

Hello Folks, Again we have some newbies taking charge! The illusionists are back in Now You See Me 2, which brought in $2,869 million and earned this week’s #1 spot. Jodie Foster’s thriller Money Monster is a close second, pushing Alice further down the rabbit hole at #3. Other titles in the ladder sit tight but we’ve lost Bad Neighbours 2, Florence…

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Australian Box Office Report: Wonderland has arrived

Hello folks, Some new movers and shakers at large! Forget X-Men: Apocalypse and get around Alice. The Alice I speak of is Mia Wasikowska who plays her in Alice Through the Looking Glass, this weeks #1 pushing X-Men: Apocalypse to the #2 spot. The dollars aren’t massive, nor have the reviews been rewarding but it’s…

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Australian Box Office Report: The X- Men take their place at the top

Hi Folks, We see a few changes this week with regards to #1. X-Men: Apocalypse sits at the top spot with $6.4 million – a pretty good turnout but not the same figures as Captain America: Civil War or even Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice on their openings. In second place we have The Angry Birds Movie, the comedy-adventure based on the video game. The…

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Australian Box Office Report: Well done Cap! But watch your left

Hi Folks, First off the cusp it’s good to see Marvel’s Cap still strong in first place. It’s a great film and stands convincing at $3,8 million. Can it hold on to the top spot? Let’s see. We also have a new #2! The Angry Birds Movie has knocked Bad Neighbours to 3rd place. The other contender to…

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Australian Box Office Report: Captain America is still sailing strong

Hi Folks, After seeing Captain American: Civil War last week, I too, am on a team Cap bandwagon. If you haven’t, It’s an all-round pleasure. Lets get to it. Cap and co. are still on top, but in their second week has seen them drop a little. However, they still stand strong at $6 million (slightly better than Batman’s…

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Australian Box Office Report: Marvel’s new Captain is on board!

Hello folks, We have some new friends that have entered and knocked off Disney’s top position, The Jungle Book now at #2. Make way for, Marvel’s Captain America: Cilvil War – and, I reckon, for awhile. Stat-wise, it did a remarkable $13 Million and about $8 thousand more than Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Let it also be known there…

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Australian Box Office Report: Disney are still ruling the jungle but for how long?

Hi Folks, Hope you all had a good long weekend. The stats are in. There’s no change to the number #1 as far as film is concerned, just a slight decrease the takings for The Jungle Book. However we do have a new number #2 – and that’s newcomer, Eddie the Eagle which racked up $2.6 million. The…

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Australian Box Office Report: The King of the Jungle outplays The Boss

Hello Folks, We have a new #1. Outscoring The Huntsman Winter’s War in first place is The Jungle Book. Hitting the $290 million mark  around the globe, critics are responding very well to the film. Stellar casting and visually impressive landscapes have put Disney on top again. As for Melissa McCarthy’s The Boss, well, that came in at second place with a…

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Australian Box Office Report: Look out behind you, Batman and Superman!

Hello folks. Well, we did it. If you we’re on my team and rooting for a new box office contender, you’ve got one in the sequel to Snow White and The Huntsman. Although it’s not breaking any big records, The Huntsman Winter’s War overtook both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to take the top spot….

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Australian Box Office Report : Kapow! Bam! Splat!

Hello fellow cinephiles. Look, I didn’t quite get the margins right with Labyrinth Of Lies or Sherpa  as contenders for the number one spot, but boy did Zootopia pick up its game – shifting My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 to third spot. There haven’t been many other changes we know about, so expect some downsizing. The major one is from Batman v Superman:…

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Australian Box Office Report: Holy Cow, Batman v Superman

If you haven’t heard, we have a new film that’s doing extremely well at the box office and smashing records left, right and center. That’s none other than, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice.  Even though the reviews have had a mixed reception that hasn’t stopped a  plethora of people and popcorn from sitting in on DC’s…

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Australian Box Office Report: Zootopia puts Disney back on top

In their quest for total global dominance, Disney has scored another hit, this time with their new animated flick Zootopia. The family film pulled in AU$4.2 million in its opening week. Having played for 3 weeks in the States, Zootopia is sitting on a $US633 million worldwide gross and enjoyed the biggest opening ever for…

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Australian Box Office Report: The Lady in the Van ends Deadpool’s reign

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…

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Australian Box Office Report: Deadpool celebrates a month on top

Deadpool has been on top for four weeks now, earning another AU$2.5 million. In the States the foul mouthed X-Man also became only the third R rated movie to ever cross the US$300 million mark. I did make a glaring omission in my report last week. I was lead to believe that Maggie Smith’s The…

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Australian Box Office Report: Deadpool laughs in the face of big openers

Deadpool clearly doesn’t care what enters the box office at this point. Three new films opened last week but Wade still sits on top, earning another AU$4.4 million. This brings the worldwide gross to $609 million. Deadpool is now the third highest grossing R rated film of all time in the U.S as it draws…

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