TOP 5
1. Deadpool & Wolverine – $2,280,943 (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 $2,280,943 in its sixth week, averaging $5,256 over 434 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $61,723,069
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 – $1,312,702 (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 $1,312,702 in its fourth week, averaging $2,752 over 477 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $19,867,091
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 – $1,231,902 (3)
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 $1,231,902 in its third week, averaging $3,384 over 364 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $8,036,570
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. André Rieu’s 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of Love – $658,056 (debut)
Coming in fourth place this week, André Rieu’s 2024 Maastricht Concert took $658,056 in its first week, averaging $3,519 over 187 screens.
Synopsis: From his picturesque hometown of Maastricht The King of the Waltz presents a must-see big-screen spectacular. In a concert overflowing with passion, André’s unique repertoire combines classical, musicals, pop and rock.
5. Blink Twice – $505,148 (4)
Coming in fifth place this week, Warner Bros. Blink Twice took $505,148 in its second week, averaging $1,824 over 277 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $1,612,591
Synopsis: When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends for a dream vacation on his private island. Wild nights soon blend into sun-soaked days, but when strange things start to happen, Frida must uncover the truth if she hopes to make it out alive.
Top 6 – 10
6. Despicable Me 4
7. Inside Out 2
8. The Crow
9. Stree 2
10. AfrAId