Box Office: Shang-Chi loses the top spot to fellow Marvel film, Eternals

This week the Australian box office made $10.15 million, up 66% from last week’s $6.10 million.

After nine weeks at #1, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has finally been knocked off the top spot. Taking over is fellow Marvel film Eternals. Directed by Chloé Zhao – the same woman behind Nomadland – Eternals tells the story of a race of immortal beings with superhuman powers who have secretly lived on Earth for thousands of years.

Also entering the top five this week is Sooryavanshi, an Indian Hindi-language action film following on from 2018’s Simmba.

Dropping out of the top five are The Last Duel and My Hero Academia the Movie World Heroes' Mission.

#1, Eternals, $5.92 million

In a massive debut, Eternals pulled in just shy of $6 million on its opening weekend. It averaged a whopping $8,523 across 695 screens.

#2, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, $682,747

After nine impressive weeks, Shang-Chi finally falls from the top spot. Having now made a total of $16.24 million, this week the film averaged $3,118 across 219 screens.

#3, Ron's Gone Wrong, $553,958

Climbing one spot from last week, Ron’s Gone Wrong tells the story of Barney, a socially awkward schoolboy who receives a walking, talking, robot named Ron. It averaged $1,937 across 286 screens, making a total of $1.16 million.

#4, Halloween Kills, $519,241

Getting into the spooky season, in its second week Halloween Kills averaged $2,028 across 256 screens. It has made a total of $2.20 Million.

#5, Sooryavanshi, $509,395

Sooryavanshi follows DCP Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India. On debut it averaged $5,094 across 100 screens.