Box Office Report: Gone Girl is still unbeaten after three weeks on top

This is quite incredible. David Fincher’s Gone Girl, an adaptation of Gillian Fynn’s best-seller, has taken over $3 million in its third weekend in Australian cinemas. The film has now taken over $16 million at the Aussie box office, which is a very impressive tally for a film of its kind. In comparison, Fincher’s The Social Network took $13.9 million in its entire run, and that film was also the must-see drama of its year. Gone Girl has been shocking and enthralling audiences around the world and also holds up remarkably well to repeat viewings, as audiences try to spot the clues they missed the first time. People will be talking about Gone Girl for many years to come.

The three new films that opened last week had varying degrees of success over the weekend. Liam Neeson’s latest revenge thriller A Walk Among the Tombstones (read our review here) fared the best in second place, while the latest Melissa McCarthy comedy Tammy (read our review here) opened in third. Neeson and McCarthy both certainly have their fanbases, but neither film has received much love from critics. Struggling to make much of an impact was Before I Go to Sleep (read our review here), which stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. The film only managed to debut in eighth place with a disappointing $0.42 million and will likely fall off the chart this coming weekend.

This week sees the release of the new WWII drama Fury starring Brad Pitt, which follows one American tank crew on their final mission. The film has received excellent reviews so far and will likely give Gone Girl a run for its money this weekend. Also opening is dramedy This Is Where I Leave You, which stars Jason Bateman as a man returning to his family home for his father’s funeral and reconnecting with his dysfunctional siblings (played by Tina Fey, Corey Stoll and Adam Driver). For those of you looking for something a bit more alternative, indie hit Whiplash is also opening this week. The film stars Miles Teller as a young drummer who begins training under an intense and abusive instructor played by JK Simmons (in a role that is likely to bring him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination next year).

All figures from The Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia and Box Office Mojo.

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

This will be the last time that I bring the Australian box office results to you, as I have decided to hand the role over to another writer. I’ve really enjoyed covering the box office results every weekend for the past year or so, and I hope that any of you still reading them now have found them interesting. I find box office results fascinating because they really show you what films are trending with audiences at a given time, and it can be fun to predict which films will do well. Although the results can be surprising more often than not!

2014 has brought us some incredible box office successes, from indie hits like The Grand Budapest Hotel to superhero blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy and recent hits such as the incredible Gone Girl. The rest of the year looks set to be an incredibly exciting time at the box office, and my picks for the box office hits from here until the end of the year are pretty obvious ones: Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (November 6th), the next chapter in the hugely successful Hunger Games series, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (November 20), and the final instalment in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (December 26). I know all of these films will absolutely kill at the box office and will likely end up in the top three spots in the year-end report.

So I hope you continue to enjoy having a look at the Australian box office results and, more importantly, continue to enjoy going to the movies!

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