Safe Haven takes $2m in opening weekend
Julianne Hough in Safe Haven
The new film from the director of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Chocolat opened at the top of the Australian box office over the weekend.
Safe Haven, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, made $1.954m in its first weekend, opening across 245 screens for a $7,977 screen average, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
The Roadshow-distributed romantic drama stars Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough. The film made $US21.4m on its opening weekend in the US.
It pushes last week’s top film, Paramount’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, into second place on $1.746m taking the film’s total to $4.67m.
