Amy Schumer’s new film I Feel Pretty tops Australian weekend box office

Amy Schumer’s latest film, I Feel Pretty, topped the local weekend box office, knocking Rampage out of the top spot after just one week.

Over the weekend, I Feel Pretty achieved almost $2.5m in earnings, across 334 screens. It is based on the story of a woman who struggles with insecurity and inadequacy, until she hits her head and wakes up believing she is the most beautiful and capable person on the planet.

In the US, it made $16m on its first weekend.

Locally it was enough to knock Rampage, which made an additional $1.98m, out of the top spot. Since the premiere, Dwayne Johnson’s film has made $6.360m.

Meanwhile Sony’s Peter Rabbit and Paramount’s A Quiet Place grossed $1.844m and $1.733m respectively.

The additional $1.844m for Peter Rabbit brought its total earnings to $22.918m.

Another new film this week was The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. It tells the story of a writer who forms a bond with residents of an island after World War II. According to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report, it made $1.139m on its first weekend, across 225 screens.

Zoe Samios

Zoe Samios worked at Mumbrella between 2016 and 2019, finishing up as senior media reporter in March 2019. She completed her degree at the University of Sydney in Media and Communications. She's previously travelled overseas for internships, including to South Korea, where she worked as a reporter for The Korea Herald.

topics A Quiet Placebox officeI Feel PrettyMotion Picture Distributors Association of AustraliaPeter RabbitRampageThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyWeekend Box Office

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Comments: 3

Mike 23 Apr 18

Amy Schumer’s film has tanked in the US market. It’s taken only 5 times size of the the Australian box office in a country with 14 times the population.

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RussVB 24 Apr 18

North American box office averages about 9x Australian, using un-matched currencies.
2017 market totals were
North America $US 11.1 Billion
Australia $Aust 1.2 Billion

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Mr. Alfred 24 Apr 18

Amy Schumer is [edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy].

Hollywood big wigs need to keep better control of the “talent” look what happened to J LAW had she kept her pretty mouth closed,Red Sparrow would have been a huge hit.

Entertainers need to entertain,we make you,we break you & WE don’t want to hear your take on politics and we don’t want you goofs to try and tell us that Feminism is about equality.

Lena Dunham is gone.Amy Schumer is next and unless she wises up,J LAW’s days are numbered.kinda what happens when you alienate half your audience.

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