Dawn of the Planet of the Apes pushes Transformers to third place
Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has dominated in the weekend box office pushing Transformers: Age of Extinction into third place.
The sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes took in $6.132m across 579 screens over the weekend, taking its total Australia box office to $7.096m. It premiered in Australia last Thursday.
Transformers: Age of Extinction, which topped the weekend box office last weekend, brought in $2.704m taking its total Australian box office to $23.492m.
Children’s animated movie How To Train Your Dragon 2 continues to maintain its second spot taking in $2.708m across 445 screens. Its total Australian box office now stands at $22.878m.
As the school holidays finished over the weekend, children’s movies did well with Rio 2 grabbing $2.496m across 411 screens and Tinkerbell: The Pirate Fairy managing to take in $762,112 across 215 screens.
Comedy 22 Jump Street rounded out the top five taking in $1.695 across 280 screens. The movie has now taken in over $20m at the Australian box office.
X-men: Days of Future Past is finally looking like it is winding down, taking $53,338 across 38 screens over the weekend, taking its total Australian box office to $22.477m.
Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
---|---|---|---|
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (Fox) | $6,132,919 | 579 | $7,096,004 |
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Fox) | $2,708,546 | 445 | $22,878,807 |
Transformers: Age Of Extinction (Paramount) | $2,704,149 | 0 | $23,492,235 |
Rio 2 (Fox) | $2,496,403 | 411 | $9,574,048 |
22 Jump Street (Sony) | $1,695,221 | 280 | $20,032,982 |
Jersey Boys (Wb) | $1,380,689 | 298 | $4,262,121 |
Tinkerbell: The Pirate Fairy (Disney) | $762,112 | 215 | $2,919,196 |
Maleficent (Disney) | $483,960 | 128 | $15,888,698 |
Calvary (Paramount) | $336,946 | 38 | $939,885 |
The Fault In Our Stars (Fox) | $296,197 | 0 | $12,779,510 |
Blended (Wb) | $282,823 | 110 | $4,494,671 |
The Lunchbox (Madman) | $206,143 | 25 | $251,146 |
Edge Of Tomorrow (Roadshow) | $123,548 | 50 | $9,316,413 |
Two Faces Of January (Studiocanal) | $100,465 | 41 | $1,013,272 |
The Trip To Italy (Madman) | $62,335 | 41 | $2,647,869 |
Yves Saint Laurent (Eone) | $58,692 | 19 | $371,758 |
X-men: Days Of Future Past (Fox) | $53,338 | 38 | $22,477,959 |
The Breakup Guru (Chinalion Film) | $44,084 | 10 | $176,806 |
Belle & Sebastian (Icon) | $32,489 | 0 | $199,993 |
All This Mayhem (Eone) | $23,967 | 2 | $23,967 |