TOP 5
1. Deadpool & Wolverine – $2,960,563 (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 $2,960,563 in its fifth week, averaging $5,898 over 502 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $58,766,009
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 – $2,546,911 (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 $2,546,911 in its third week, averaging $4,861 over 524 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 – $1,891,393 (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 $1,891,393 in its second week, averaging $4,318 over 438 screens.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $6,279,704
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. Blink Twice – $827,544 (debut)
Coming in fourth place this week, Warner Bros. Blink Twice took $827,544 in its first week, averaging $2,523 over 328 screens.
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.
5. Stree 2 – $488,944 (5)
Coming in fifth place this week, Stree 2 took $488,944 in its second week, averaging $6,607 over 74 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. Despicable Me 4
7. Inside Out 2
8. Coraline 15th Anniversary
9. Twisters
10. Trap