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Horrible Bosses topples the Hunger Games as school holidays kick off

A second dose of Horrible Bosses knocked The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 off the top of the weekend box office, in a more even week at the cinema.

Jason Bateman film Horrible Bosses 2 squeezed ahead on its first weekend taking $1.95m, with The Hunger Games taking $1.781m, taking its total box office in the last four weeks to $28.696m.

Another new release, Paddington, grabbed  $1.398m on the first weekend of school holidays for many, but was only fourth behind last week’s second placed Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings which took $1.607m.

It managed to get ahead of Disney film Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No good Very Bad Day which has been out for a few weeks and got $1.035m this weekend.

Aussie film Fat Pizza vs Housos took $22,715 with its total takings now at $593,786.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) $1,954,999 0 $2,612,701
Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) $1,954,999 0 $2,612,701
Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) $1,954,999 0 $2,612,701
Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) $1,954,999 0 $2,612,701
Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) $1,954,999 0 $2,612,701
Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) $1,954,999 0 $2,612,701
Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) $1,954,999 0 $2,612,701
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) $1,781,159 0 $28,696,619
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) $1,781,159 0 $28,696,619
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) $1,781,159 0 $28,696,619
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) $1,781,159 0 $28,696,619
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) $1,781,159 0 $28,696,619
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) $1,781,159 0 $28,696,619
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) $1,781,159 0 $28,696,619
Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) $1,607,567 0 $5,395,826
Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) $1,607,567 0 $5,395,826
Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) $1,607,567 0 $5,395,826
Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) $1,607,567 0 $5,395,826
Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) $1,607,567 0 $5,395,826
Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) $1,607,567 0 $5,395,826
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