Cinderella dominates weekend box office but Get Hard tops average screen take
Disney’s remake of the fairytale Cinderella dominated the weekend’s box office earnings, taking more than twice as much as any other film.
Starring Australian actress Cate Blanchett as Cinderella’s stepmother, the movie took in $4.355m on its first weekend, and a total of $4.79m since it opened in Australia on 402 screens last Thursday.
The second film in the Divergent series, Insurgent, was second with $2.085m on 261 screens in its second weekend.
Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart’s film Get Hard took $1.771m on its first weekend – but made more per screen than Cinderella, as it was only shown on just 154 screens.
Dreamworks’ latest film, Home, earned $1.641m on its second weekend.
Focus, the Will Smith film also starring Australian Margot Robbie, placed fifth over the weekend, adding $611,000 to take its total box office to more than $8m.
And despite showing for more than a month, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel earned $574,000 on 287 screens.
Sam Buckingham-Jones
Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
---|---|---|---|
Cinderella (Disney) | $4,355,219 | 402 | $4,790,591 |
Insurgent (Eone) | $2,085,735 | 261 | $7,245,296 |
Get Hard (Wb) | $1,771,330 | 154 | $1,771,330 |
Home (Fox) | $1,640,747 | 312 | $5,122,961 |
Focus (Wb) | $611,536 | 0 | $8,038,967 |
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox) | $574,239 | 287 | $14,312,954 |
Shaun The Sheep (Studiocanal) | $538,764 | 0 | $734,516 |
Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water (Paramount) | $453,990 | 270 | $493,426 |
Run All Night (Wb) | $313,059 | 175 | $1,339,279 |
Chappie (Sony) | $272,728 | 216 | $2,922,998 |
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox) | $215,062 | 109 | $17,798,058 |
Little Chaos, A (Paramount) | $199,098 | 59 | $252,473 |
That Sugar Film (Madman) | $178,437 | 54 | $839,757 |
Fifty Shades Of Grey (Universal) | $98,627 | 46 | $23,597,277 |
Leviathan (Palace) | $85,310 | 14 | $204,647 |
Big Eyes (Roadshow) | $85,235 | 43 | $319,775 |
Dior And I (Madman) | $84,260 | 17 | $140,836 |
What We Did On Our Holiday (Paramount) | $41,489 | 0 | $1,656,869 |
Infinitely Polar Bear (Icon) | $31,570 | 28 | $33,371 |
Love Is Strange (Rialto) | $20,126 | 17 | $188,848 |