Box Office: Thrillers draw in moviegoers ahead of Halloween
Psychological horror-thriller, Smile 2 opened with $1.89 million this week, to take the top slot at the Australian box office.
Hoyts notes this is in line with the original movie’s opening weekend takings back in 2022, before it went on to make $8.54 million.
In second spot was family flick The Wild Robot, taking $692,000 over the weekend to bring its total box office to $14.56 million.
Coming in third was horror Terrifier 3, which took in $537,000 to bring its total box office to $1.54 million. As Hoyts points out, this is already three times the total box office of the previous movie – and Halloween hasn’t even hit yet.
Joaquim Phoenix and Lady Gaga bring another type of horror with Joker: Folie à Deux which took $389,000 to bring its box office to $7.1 million.
Transformers One brought another $276,000 to its $7.96 million total, while Beetlejuice Beetlejuice took $256,000 to push past $14.5 million in Australia.
Punjabi title Mittran Da Challeya Truck Ni added $246,000 to its total box office of $754,.000, while Aussie film Runt (featuring a new Paul Kelly song) added $222,000 to an impressive box office haul of $5.52 million.
New release Assassin’s Plan, starring Michael Keaton, opened by taking a modest $215,000, while The Substance brought in $179,000 in its fifth week, to bring its earnings past $2 million.
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