Crazy Rich Asians earns $1.8m at weekend box office, beating new Jane Fonda film Book Club
New romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians made $1.80m in earnings on its first weekend at the Australian box office, making $500,000 more than new Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton film, Book Club.
The film, which is based on the novel by Kevin Kwan, follows a young Asian-American woman who travels to meet her boyfriend’s incredibly wealthy family.
It premiered on August 15 and has since made $2.112m overall.
Meanwhile Fonda, Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen’s new film, Book Club, made just over $1.27m across 269 screens on the opening weekend. The film centres around the lives of four lifelong friends whose lives change when they read Fifty Shades of Grey.
But The Meg continued to lead the weekend box office, adding $2.11m to its earnings, after it aired across 326 screens. Since launch, the thriller, which stars Australian model and actress Ruby Rose, has made $6.58m.
According to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report, Mission: Impossible – Fallout added $1.18m to its revenue over the weekend, bringing its total box office earnings to $16.718m.
Supernatural horror film Slenderman, which is based on the 2009 viral internet meme, made $791,718 on its first weekend at the Australian box office. It ran across 165 screens and has made $876,305 in total.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Meg (Wb) | $2,114,076 | 326 | $6,584,899 |
| Crazy Rich Asians (Wb) | $1,802,865 | 218 | $2,112,359 |
| Book Club (Transmission) | $1,273,155 | 269 | $1,634,462 |
| Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Paramount) | $1,184,155 | 258 | $16,718,764 |
| Slender Man (Sony) | $791,718 | 165 | $876,305 |
| Blackkklansman (Universal) | $708,222 | 215 | $2,245,811 |
| Happytime Murders (Roadshow) | $676,732 | 240 | $676,732 |
| Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again (Universal) | $604,413 | 317 | $21,467,821 |
| Working Class Boy (Universal) | $439,136 | 221 | $439,136 |
| The Spy Who Dumped Me (Roadshow) | $297,508 | 283 | $3,310,760 |
| The Darkest Minds (Fox) | $261,746 | 223 | $1,025,059 |
| The Wife (Icon) | $193,514 | 200 | $2,293,879 |
| Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (Sony) | $145,659 | 133 | $18,727,986 |
| Incredibles 2 (Disney) | $124,922 | 124 | $45,412,594 |
| The Equalizer 2 (Sony) | $71,892 | 69 | $8,502,894 |
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) | $71,115 | 36 | $35,531,221 |
| The Lion King (Disney) | $70,740 | 119 | $27,450,389 |
| Mirai (Madman) | $66,941 | 46 | $96,735 |
| Ant-man And The Wasp (Disney) | $62,714 | 61 | $19,726,507 |
| The Breaker Upperers (Madman) | $61,945 | 62 | $2,253,285 |
topics
Book Club
Crazy Rich Asians
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Slenderman
The Meg
Weekend Box Office
Crazy Rich Asians is still in previews mode, so those are BIG $.
Official start is this week, August 30.
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