This weekend, the Australian box office made $8,625,491, down 9% from last week’s $9,418,430.
It’s just Taylor’s world and we’re all just living in it!
Debuting in the number one spot this week was Trafalgar Releasing’s Taylor Swift: The ERAS Tour. Swifties young and old flocked to the cinema for a first-class view at Taylor Swift’s latest world-domination outing, bringing in $3.8 million at the Aussie Box Office.
The film opened on 281 screens with an average of $7.9k, the 13th biggest opening weekend of the year. However, to put it into perspective, The Flash (the 12th biggest opening), was shown in 573 theatres across the country. The movie version of Swift’s stadium tour has also become one of the highest-grossing concert films ever, dwarfing those of Justin Bieber and the late Michael Jackson and has already amassed $128 million worldwide.
Coming in at number two, was a flick set for the spooky season, Universal’s The Exorcist: Believer. For its second week at the movies, it took just over $676k, down 44%.
Then, coming in at number three was Walt Disney’s sci-fi action thriller The Creator with just over $648K, down 38% from last week.
Proving that superhero pups are still a winner with families four weeks after release, Paramount’s PAW Patrol, The Mighty Movie remained in the top five, coming in at number four. The film brought in just over $516K, down 55% from last weekend.
Finally, rounding out the top five was another horror fan favourite, Studiocanal’s SAW X, which took just over $379K, down 41% for its third week.
Falling out of the top five this weekend were Roadshow’s EXPEND4BLES, Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Universal’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Walt Disney’s A Haunting in Venice and Universal’s Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kracken.
Releasing this coming week is the new Martin Scorsese western crime saga, Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio and the Dutch heart-warming family comedy, Oink.
#1 Taylor Swift: The ERAS Tour – $3,814,109
The film grossed $3,814,109, averaging $7,946 over 480 screens.
#2 The Exorcist: Believer – $676,753
When his daughter, Angela, and her friend Katherine, show signs of demonic possession, it unleashes a chain of events that forces single father Victor Fielding to confront the nadir of evil. Terrified and desperate, he seeks out Chris MacNeil, the only person alive who’s witnessed anything like it before.
The film grossed $676,753, averaging $2,443 over 277 screens and has made $2,195,365 in Australian cinemas to date.
#3 The Creator – $648,620
As a future war between the human race and artificial intelligence rages on, ex-special forces agent Joshua (John David Washington) is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI. The Creator has developed a mysterious weapon that has the power to end the war and all of mankind. As Joshua and his team of elite operatives venture into enemy-occupied territory, they soon discover the world-ending weapon is actually an AI in the form of a young child.
The film grossed $648,620, averaging $1,996 over 325 screens and has made $4,308,151 in Australian cinemas to date.
#4 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie – $516,707
The PAW Patrol pups magically gain superpowers after a meteor strikes Adventure City. However, things take a turn for the worse when Humdinger and a mad scientist steal their powers and turn themselves into supervillains. As the team springs into action to save the city, Skye soon learns that even the smallest pup can make the biggest difference!
The film grossed $516,707, averaging $1,764 over 293 screens and has made $7,168,455 in Australian cinemas to date.
#5 Saw X – $379,593
Set between the events of the first two films, John Kramer (Tobin Bell) travels to Mexico in hopes an experimental procedure may cure him. Before long, however, the operation is proven to be a scam, leading him to kidnap those responsible and subject them to his trademark death traps.
The film grossed $379,593, averaging $1,672 over 227 screens and has made $2,628,661 in Australian cinemas to date.