This weekend the Australian box office made $13.59 million, down -16% from last week’s $16.22 million.
In its sixth week, Avatar: The Way of Water continues to dominate the box office charts, grossing over $4 million this past weekend.
Directed by James Cameron, the film sees cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, and Stephen Lang reprising their roles from the original film, with Kate Winslet and Cliff Curtis joining as new members.
The film is currently the sixth highest-grossing film of all time in Australia, sitting just below Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh and Olivia Colman, has maintained its spot at second in its fourth week on screens. The animated film made $1.9 million across 345 screens across Australia this week, only dropping -1% from the week before.
In its debut week, Babylon placed third, bringing in $1.3 million.
The film features an ensemble cast that includes Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, and Li Jun Li. Its plot chronicles the rise and fall of multiple characters during Hollywood’s transition from silent to sound films in the late 1920s.
In its second week, horror film M3GAN has fallen from third to fourth. The film centres around M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion and a parent’s greatest ally. The designer of the toy decides to pair a M3GAN prototype with her niece Cady – a decision that has unimaginable consequences. The film grossed over $1.3 million.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre fell from fourth to fifth this past weekend and experienced a drop off -32%. The film follows the journey of an agent who is recruited by a global intelligence alliance to track down and stop the sale of a deadly weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Falling out of the top five this weekend was Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, which has grossed $10 million to date.
#1 Avatar: The Way of Water – $4.04 million
The highly-anticipated sequel to Avatar saw a -22% drop from last week. In its six weeks of release, the film has grossed $81.38 million to date and averaged $6,591 across 616 screens this past weekend.
#2 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – $1.905 million
The star-studded Pixar film averaged $5,522 across 345 screens this past weekend and has grossed $15.9 million to date.
#3 Babylon – $1.27 million
In its opening week, the period comedy-drama grossed $1.278 million and averaged $3,946 across 324 screens.
#4 M3GAN – $1.923 million
In its second week, the horror film averaged $4,509 across 274 screens and grossed $4.14 million to date.
#5 Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre – $1.59 million
The film averaged $3,593 across 301 screens this past weekend, grossing $3.97 million to date.