Thor thunders to the top of the Aussie box office
The Disney-distributed Marvel film Thor: The Dark World has topped the Aussie box office taking a whopping $7.2m across 609 screens, according to figures from the Motion Picture Distributor’s Association of Australia.
It was the opening weekend for the film, the second instalment in the Thor franchise, starring Australian actor Chris Hemsworth. By comparison, Marvel’s The Avengers, which features the character of Thor, made $13.3m on its local opening weekend back in April 2012.
The film unseated Captain Phillips which was in first place last weekend. This weekend it made $1.5m across 338 screens. In third place was Gravity which continues to perform at the local box office. This weekend it made $1.1m across 440 screens. It has now taken a total of $16.8m.
On the Australian front, Tim Winton’s The Turning remains in the box office top 20 after taking $34,489 across 21 screens this weekend while Mystery Road made $37,771 across 21 screens.
THE BOX OFFICE TOP 20
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thor: The Dark World (Disney) | $7,209,749 | 609 | $7,390,813 |
| Captain Phillips (Sony) | $1,468,637 | 338 | $4,557,146 |
| Gravity (Wb) | $1,061,464 | 440 | $16,794,168 |
| About Time (Universal) | $915,843 | 267 | $5,810,674 |
| The Butler (Eone /hopscotch) | $848,940 | 184 | $848,940 |
| Prisoners (Wb) | $441,688 | 207 | $3,056,701 |
| 2 Guns (Sony) | $242,989 | 176 | $4,763,127 |
| Krrish 3 (Eros) | $207,602 | 34 | $207,602 |
| Grown Ups 2 (Sony) | $157,325 | 141 | $10,762,399 |
| Rush (Eone /hopscotch) | $106,845 | 64 | $4,110,586 |
| Turbo (Fox) | $99,780 | 135 | $12,634,025 |
| Blue Jasmine (Eone /hopscotch) | $95,136 | 71 | $5,804,399 |
| Planes (Disney) | $86,350 | 100 | $7,547,118 |
| The Smurfs 2 (Sony) | $62,720 | 112 | $12,936,916 |
| Arrambam (Indies) | $55,953 | 7 | $55,953 |
| Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Studiocanal) | $45,860 | 22 | $177,520 |
| Diana (Becker) | $38,769 | 56 | $1,491,493 |
| Mystery Road (Indies) | $37,771 | 21 | $243,644 |
| Percy Jackson: The Sea Of Monsters (Fox) | $36,224 | 100 | $7,302,406 |
| Tim Winton's The Turning (Madman) | $34,489 | 21 | $1,110,020 |
Figures courtesy of the MPDAA.
