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School holidays see box office takings up as Maze Runner stays top

The Maze Runner held onto the top spot in the box office for a second week as the effect of the school holidays had an impact on movie going, giving a nice bump to several films.

Last week saw just two films top the million-dollar mark for the weekend, but this week four films managed it, including the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which is now in its third weekend and took $1.991m, taking its total box office north of $13m.

21st Century Fox film The Maze Runner posted $3.008m on 319 screens in its second weekend, which coupled with a strong week has taken its total takings to $8.8m.

Newcomer The Equalizer starring Denzel Washington about a man who has put his violent history behind him before meeting a Russian girl he wants to help break free of the control of gangsters, got $2.28m on 303 screens.

Kids movie The Boxtrollsmore than doubled its opening weekend takings jumping to $1.288m on 294 screens, taking its total to $2.955m, leapfrogging Disney’s Pllanes: Fire and Rescue which also enjoyed a bump up to $994,629, with its total takings now up to $2.697m.

Aussie animation The House of Magic got $578,544 on 198 screens making it sixth overall, whilst Aussie comedy The Little Death opened on 34 screens, taking $77,704 on its first weekend, while local drama The Skeleton Twins $87,763 on 21 screens.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
The Maze Runner (Fox) $3,008,166 319 $8,800,568
The Equalizer (Roadshow) $2,280,426 303 $2,280,426
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount) $1,991,904 0 $13,574,308
The Boxtrolls (Universal) $1,288,404 294 $2,955,842
Planes: Fire & Rescue (Disney) $994,692 0 $2,697,968
The House Of Magic (Studiocanal) $578,544 192 $1,143,278
Step Up: All In (Universal) $482,224 209 $2,373,387
Guardians Of The Galaxy (Disney) $438,442 123 $25,652,468
The Hundred-foot Journey (Disney) $309,311 104 $11,278,668
Into The Storm (Roadshow) $235,098 164 $4,892,075
The Giver (Roadshow) $162,479 154 $1,578,268
Magic In The Moonlight (Eone) $142,209 79 $2,812,154
Boyhood (Universal) $141,262 42 $1,347,819
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (Icon) $134,237 116 $618,589
Lucy (Universal) $106,546 42 $15,817,788
The Skeleton Twins (Sony) $87,763 21 $138,094
The Little Death (Eone) $77,704 34 $83,546
If I Stay (Wb) $77,173 54 $2,833,320
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Ming) $71,282 4 $201,889
What We Do In The Shadows (Madman) $59,883 27 $798,921

 

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