Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight stays in top 10 but Deadpool dominates box office
Rebel Wilson’s latest film, How to be Single, managed to take $2.026m on its second weekend but could not match the box office pulling power of superhero movie Deadpool.
Freshly-minted Best Picture winner at the Oscars, Spotlight, maintained a spot in the top 10, taking $233,963 on 159 screens to take its total takings to $3.726m so far in Australia.
A quiet week for new releases meant The Marvel Comics’ adaptation Deadpool managed $4.421m on 418 screens to move its total takings past $33.5m locally, while Wilson’s film has now taken $6.19m.
The highest ranking new picture was Gods of Egypt which failed to break the million dollar mark taking $901,326 on 198 screens. The fantasy epic, which was filmed in Australia, has bombed globally.
The Michael Bay directed 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi, which tells the story of staff at the American embassy trying to hold off waves of offensives on the Lybian compound, managed $608,514 on its debut.
It was ahead of Zoolander 2 which has failed to impress so far, managing $534,697 taking its total to $6.498m. Chinese sci-fi film The Mermaid took $262,321 on just 19 screens.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadpool (Fox) | $4,421,944 | 418 | $33,593,624 |
| How To Be Single (Wb) | $2,026,949 | 258 | $6,191,750 |
| Hail, Caesar! (Universal) | $1,268,290 | 260 | $1,464,910 |
| Gods Of Egypt (Eone) | $901,326 | 198 | $903,326 |
| Brooklyn (Transmission) | $713,708 | 174 | $3,884,719 |
| Ride Along 2 (Universal) | $646,697 | 202 | $2,153,610 |
| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (Paramount) | $608,514 | 166 | $634,151 |
| Zoolander 2 (Paramount) | $534,697 | 268 | $6,498,172 |
| The Mermaid (Sony) | $262,321 | 19 | $958,536 |
| Spotlight (Eone) | $233,963 | 159 | $3,726,993 |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney) | $213,017 | 50 | $93,421,822 |
| Pride And Prejudice And Zombies (Roadshow) | $183,415 | 119 | $183,415 |
| 45 Years (Madman) | $163,532 | 41 | $544,952 |
| The Revenant (Fox) | $161,658 | 127 | $19,107,002 |
| Three Wise Cousins (Ms21 Films) | $150,183 | 21 | $554,391 |
| Aladdin (Bvi) | $137,262 | 70 | $18,324,052 |
| The Big Short (Paramount) | $124,589 | 78 | $7,078,802 |
| Risen (Sony) | $100,021 | 44 | $307,701 |
| Violent Prosecutor, A (Dreamwest Pictures) | $91,717 | 12 | $91,717 |
| Trumbo (Eone) | $83,391 | 36 | $352,743 |
