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Mad Max: Fury Road holds off Spy to top box office for second consecutive week

Mad Max: Fury Road has topped the Australian box office for the second week in a row, taking $4.169m from 473 screens to hold off new Melisa McCarthy film Spy.

The fourth film in the Mad Max franchise – produced 30 years after the third instalment – has earned $12.601m since it opened.

Fox flick Spy, which also stars Jason Statham, came second over the weekend, earning $3.623m off 377 screens.

Rebel Wilson’s Pitch Perfect 2 ranked third, taking $3.223 in its third week to reach $22.529m in total revenue.

Helen Mirren stars in Woman in Gold, which took $1.085m on 234 screens at the box office.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron was the fifth-most popular film, earning $1.084m on 243 screens to see its total reach $38.585m.

Horror film Poltergeist by Fox opened this weekend, taking $755,306, followed by A Royal Night Out, which took $322,792.

Indian film Tanu Weds Manu Returns also opened, taking $196,832 on 19 screens.

Unfriended took $101,907 to reach $2.916m, and Fast and Furious 7 took $93,530 in its seventh week in cinemas to reach $43.241m.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
Mad Max: Fury Road (Roadshow) $4,169,213 473 $12,600,720
Spy (Fox) $3,623,297 377 $3,705,735
Pitch Perfect 2 (Universal) $3,223,348 0 $22,529,407
Woman In Gold (Roadshow) $1,084,518 234 $1,117,661
The Avengers: Age Of Ultron (Disney) $1,083,564 243 $38,584,743
Poltergeist (Fox) $755,306 296 $755,306
Royal Night Out, A (Paramount) $322,792 0 $1,640,522
Tanu Weds Manu Returns (Indies) $196,832 19 $196,832
Unfriended (Universal) $101,907 0 $2,916,284
Fast And Furious 7 (Universal) $93,530 67 $43,241,134
Cinderella (Disney) $69,456 157 $22,115,326
Home (Fox) $66,257 106 $18,741,360
Ex Machina (Universal) $56,218 0 $363,246
Wild Tales (Sony) $51,263 7 $107,920
Warren Miller's: No Turning Back (Ice Edge) $48,164 1 $59,231
Clouds Of Sils Maria (Pinnacle Films) $46,430 32 $384,427
Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water (Paramount) $37,671 53 $8,066,801
Shaun The Sheep (Studiocanal) $37,274 68 $6,264,970
While We're Young (Roadshow) $36,959 46 $1,482,783
When Marnie Was There (Madman) $34,394 9 $117,364
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