The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey now stands at $28m locally
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey remains at the top of the Australian box office results in its second weekend of release.
The film, distributed by Warner Brothers added another $5.854m over the weekend, taking the film’s cumulated box office to a massive $28.637m.
The prequel to the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy made history as the biggest Boxing Day opening film in Australian history, taking a gross of $5.9m on the day.
The film this weekend had a $10,453 average across 560 screens.
Opening this weekend was director Ang Lee’s adaptation of Life of Pi for Fox. The film made $4.937m across 545 screens for a $9,060 average.
Also opening this week was Tom Cruise-driven action film Jack Reacher, distributed by Paramount. The film made $2.941m across 226 screens for a very impressive $13,014 screen average.
In limited release, just one film opened, Table No.21, a Bollywood action thriller distributed by Eros Australia. The film made $10,858 across six screens for a $1.810 average.
Meanwhile, Skyfall, the new James Bond film has taken $45.713m to date putting the film in the top ten highest grossing films at the Australian box office.
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