• This weekend, the Australian box office grossed $7,684,764, up +25% from last weekend’s $6,159,217.
Top Five
Disney’s Snow White
Now in its second week, the Disney live action remake of the classic keeps the crown at the Australian box office. Over the weekend, the film was screened across 451 screens and grossed $1,755,741, -38% less than its debut week earnings of $2,828,492 after screening across 542 cinemas.
Synopsis: Rachel Zegler stars as Snow White and the film centres on her journey to free her kingdom alongside the seven dwarfs, Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy, from her ruthless stepmother, the Evil Queen, played by Gal Gadot.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $5,254,038
A Working Man
The action/thriller starring Jason Statham makes its debut at number two at the Australian box office this weekend, making $1,710,553 after screening across 375 cinemas.
Synopsis: After the passing of his wife Levon Cade, a former Royal marine, moves into construction business and to focus on being a dad to his daughter. But when a his boss’s daughter vanishes, he is asked to use his specific set of skills that made him known in the world of counter-terrorism.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $1,710,553
L2: Empuraan
The Indian Malayalam-language action/thriller made its Australian box office debut over the weekend, generating $1,233,067 across 149 screens. It is the second instalment in the Lucifer trilogy and follows the events of its prequel Lucifer.
Synopsis: The action thriller centres on Stephen Nedumpally (Mohanlal), a man living a double life as Khureshi Ab’raam, a leader of a global crime syndicate.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $1,233,067
Mickey 17
Now in its fourth week, Mickey 17 grossed $495,803 over the weekend after screening across 274 cinemas. Last weekend the film made $731,686, across 329 cinemas representing a drop of -32%.
Synposis: The film, based on Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey7, stars 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: $5,446,466
Black Bag
Rounding out the top five at the Australian Box Office is Black Bag, which made $494,456 across 292 screens over the weekend in its third weekend. This weekend’s earnings represents a drop of -27% after the film made $676,568 last week across 324 screens.
Synopsis: Black Bag centres on intelligence agents George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and his wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George must choose between his marriage and his country.
Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $2,662,812
Top six to ten
6. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
7. Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up
8. Captain America: Brave New World
9. Sikandar
10. Flow