Kingsman: The Secret Service knocks American Sniper from top spot in weekend box office
Kingsman: The Secret Service has stormed the box office in its opening weekend, to push American Sniper out of the top spot.
The film, which is based on a comic book and tells the story of a super-secret spy organisation that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius, grabbed $3.12m across 370 screens.
American Sniper held onto second place after pulling in $1.944m across 308 screens, taking its total Aussie box office takings to $14.504m as The Theory of Everything was pushed into third place after failing to crack $1m in ticket sales this weekend.
The movie, a biopic about the life of academic Stephen Hawking starring Eddie Redmayne, made $964,930 across 232 screens taking its total local takings to $3.103m.
The Imitation Game came in at fourth place despite only pulling in $610,438 across 227 screens while Australian film Paper Planes grabbed fifth place after making $474,010 across 277 screens.
The film has made a total of $7.739m at the local box office.
Mark Wahlberg’s latest film The Gambler grabbed $401,856 in its opening weekend to secure sixth place.
Oscar best picture favourite Birdman pulled in $285,027 across 146 screens to take its local takings to $4.870m.
Title (Distributor)
Weekend B/O
Screens
Total B/O
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox)
$4,121,791
370
$4,357,080
American Sniper (Roadshow)
$1,944,909
308
$14,504,854
The Theory Of Everything (Universal)
$964,930
232
$3,103,471
The Imitation Game (Roadshow)
$610,438
227
$16,435,688
Paper Planes (Roadshow)
$474,010
277
$7,739,954
The Gambler (Paramount)
$401,856
176
$485,134
The Wedding Ringer (Sony)
$345,782
167
$2,633,838
Birdman (Fox)
$285,027
146
$4,870,542
Wild (Fox)
$282,570
178
$2,386,230
Unbroken (Universal)
$231,896
219
$5,877,181
Still Alice (Icon)
$226,231
75
$781,025
The Water Diviner (Universal)
$225,393
169
$15,233,487
Into The Woods (Disney)
$215,494
161
$11,589,380
Mortdecai (Roadshow)
$206,071
204
$1,002,548
Taken 3 (Fox)
$205,939
134
$14,340,892
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (Wb)
$184,659
74
$34,604,534
Big Hero 6 (Disney)
$157,901
155
$21,403,510
Yennai Arindhaal (Mks Retail)
$153,680
12
$153,680
Penguins Of Madagascar (Fox)
$117,362
171
$15,389,159
Foxcatcher (Roadshow)
$106,738
42
$445,388