Spider-Man: No Way Home has been a money-making juggernaut after having the top opening weekend at the Australian Box Office in 2021. But it has gotten even more help on Boxing Day weekend with the new releases only rolling out on the Sunday. Not that it would have made much of a difference though with the film’s $7.162m being almost impossible to beat.
The best of the new releases was The Matrix Resurrections with $1.350m while West Side Story was a disappointment with only $310,342 despite being the second most screened film in the country this weekend on 317 screens.
The top five saw three new entries (The Matrix, Sing 2 and ’83 ) which saw Disney’s Encanto pushed out of the top five after four weeks ($5.384m) with the film now also available on Disney+ its time in the top five is probably over.
Overall, despite Chrismas day falling on the Saturday, the 2021 Boxing Day was still up on 2020 with $12.45m compared to $8.57m. Although the box office is still clearly recovering from the pandemic with the last pre-Covid Boxing Day Weekend in 2019 bringing in $30.98m.
#1 Spider-Man: No Way Home $7.162m
It wasn’t even close as Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to dominate the Australian box office. The film now has a total of $43.731m over its first two weeks of release after averaging $12,058 on 594 screens.
#2 The Matrix Resurrections $1.350m
18 years after the original Matrix trilogy ended, both the franchise and Keanu Reeves have returned at #2 in the Australian box office. The film was the top new release on Boxing Day weekend after averaging $4,874 on 277 screens.
#3 Sing 2 $964,146
Illumination Entertainment has released its sequel to the 2016 film Sing with its first weekend of release bringing in an average of $3,302 on 292 screens.
#4 ’83 $591,682
The Indian film ’83 was the top non-English speaking film of the weekend after averaging $5,236 on 113 screens. The film is based on the India national cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
#5 Dune $466,882
Dune survived the influx of new releases to cling to a spot in the top five after averaging $1,604 on 291 screens. The film has now made a total of $12.259m over four weeks.