• This weekend, the Australian box office made $5,760,978, down -9% from last weekend’s $6,608,149.
Top 5
1. Mickey 17
Mickey 17, directed by Academy Award winner Bong Joon Ho who directed the 2019 hit Parasite, debuts at #1 at the Australian Box Office. The film, which brings to life Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey7, screened across 366 screens and grossed $1,674,832 in its first weekend.
Synopsis: Robert Pattinson stars as Mickey Barnes, an “expendable” crew member on a perilous mission to colonise an ice planet. He is assigned to high-risk tasks since he can be regenerated with his memories mostly intact. However, after one resurrection, something goes terribly wrong.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $1,674,832
2. Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
In its fourth week in Australian cinemas, the fourth instalment in the Bridget Jones has dropped to the second spot. The romantic comedy grossed $986,863 across 356 screens this weekend, down -45% from $1,809,167 earned last week across 469 screens last weekend.
Synopsis: Renée Zellweger reprises her role as Bridget Jones. Now a single parent, Jones balances parenting two young children, a demanding career, and the chaos of modern dating as she finds herself torn between a younger admirer and the unexpected possibility of romance with her son’s science teacher.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $13,653,584
3. Captain America: Brave New World
The latest offering from Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe has dropped down to third spot in the charts in its fourth week, the film earned $746,751 this weekend after screening across 310 cinemas, down -47% from last week’s earnings of $1,412,618 from 428 screens.
Synopsis: With Sam Wilson (played by Anthony Mackie) taking over as Captain America from friend Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), he finds himself at the centre of an international incident after meeting with President Thaddeus Ross. Wilson and the new Falcon, Joaquin Torres (played by Danny Ramirez) are thrust into a crisis and must uncover the motive behind a sinister global scheme.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $12,137,070
4. Ne Zha 2
The Chinese animated film has dropped down to fourth spot in its fourth week at the Australian Box Office. This weekend the film made $275,179 after being shown at 97 cinemas, a sharp drop of -63% from $739,603 generated across 122 screens last weekend.
Synopsis: The film follows the events of the first film, that see Ne Zha and Ao Bing survive the catastrophe by becoming Spirits. To stop from completely dissipating, Taiyi plans to rebuild Ne Zha and Ao Bing’s mortal bodies with the Seven-colored Precious Lotus. But amid the reconstruction, there are many obstacles.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $6,861,507
5. Anora
Fresh off its success at the recent Academy Awards – including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress – Anora has shot its way up the Australian Box Office charts after 11 weeks of release. The film took fifth spot this weekend, after ranking 41 last weekend prior to the Academy Awards. This weekend the film made $258,524 after screen across 124 screens, last weekend it grossed more than 1000% after making $22,307 across 29 screens.
Synopsis: Anora, a young escort from Brooklyn unexpectedly falls for and marries the son of a Russian oligarch. But when his powerful family in Russia learns of the whirlwind union, they head to New York with one goal—annul the marriage and put an end to her fairy tale.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $2,467,401
Top 6 – 10
6. A Complete Unknown
7. Conclave
8. The Monkey
9. One of Them Days
10. Spit