TOP 5
1. Deadpool & Wolverine – $4,569,358 (1)
Walt Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine continues to perform exceedingly well, hitting over $1 billion in box office gross globally. This is the Merc with the Mouth’s first appearance in the MCU, which is now possible due to Disney buying Twentieth Century Fox in 2019. Aussie Hugh Jackman also returns as Wolverine. The film now has the eighth-biggest opening weekend of all time globally. Coming in first place this week, Deadpool & Wolverine took $4,569,358 in its fourth week, averaging $8,942 over 511 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $54,714,212
Synopsis: Deadpool’s peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon unites with his would-be pal, Wolverine, to complete the mission and save his world from an existential threat.
2. It Ends With Us – $4,527,869 (2)
Sony’s It Ends With Us is based on the bestseller of the same name, written by Colleen Hoover. Boasting a massive debut, a sequel, is assumingly all but confirmed. It will also assumingly be based on the book ‘It Starts With Us’. Coming in second place this week, It Ends With Us took $4,527,869 in its second week, averaging $8,416 over 538 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $14,117,976
Synopsis: Lily Bloom moves to Boston to chase her lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid soon sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, she begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle gets upended, leaving her with an impossible choice.
3. Alien: Romulus – $3,116,607 (debut)
Disney’s new entry in the Alien franchise comes from the director of the Evil Dead remake, Fede Alvarez. Starring Cailee Spaeny in the leading role, the film returns to its horror roots while also adopting classic filmmaking techniques such as using animatronics, not CGI and building large sets, and not relying on green screen. Coming in third place this week, Alien: Romulus took $3,116,607 in its first week, averaging $6,413 over 486 screens.
Synopsis: Space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life-form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station.
4. Coraline 15th Anniversary – $837,737 (debut)
Coming in fourth place this week, Trafalgar Releasing’s 15th Anniversary re-release of stop-motion cult classic, Coraline took $837,737 in its first week, averaging $10,342 over 81 screens.
Synopsis: An adventurous girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
5. Stree 2 – $694,052 (debut)
Coming in fifth place this week, Stree 2 took $694,052 in its first week, averaging $8,165 over 85 screens.
Synopsis: The town of Chanderi is being haunted again. This time, women are mysteriously abducted by a terrifying headless entity. Once again, it’s up to Vicky and his friends to save their town and loved ones.
Top 6 – 10
6. Inside Out 2
7. Despicable Me 4
8. Trap
9. Twisters
10. Borderlands