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Despicable Me 3 seizes back top spot at weekend box office

Paramount’s Transformers: The Last Knight was knocked out of top position at the weekend box office as Despicable Me 3 proved to be the highest earning feature.

Despicable Me 3 earned  $3.426m over 460 screens ahead of Transformers’ $2.178m across 539 screens however both had falls on the previous week’s takings, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

Wonder Woman moved up into third place earning $1.837m with 304 screen showings, while Cars 3 slipped to fourth with $1.796m across 420 screens.

The House made its debut in fifth position with the Warner Brothers production showing at 225 screens to make $1.627m.

Warner Brothers’ latest film tells the story of a couple who open an underground casino in their neighbour’s home, to earn some money after their daughter’s scholarship falls through.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
Despicable Me 3 (Universal) $3,426,901 460 $15,407,876
Transformers: The Last Knight (Paramount) $2,178,759 539 $8,277,225
Wonder Woman (Wb) $1,837,552 304 $26,406,495
Cars 3 (Disney) $1,796,647 420 $5,238,994
The House (Wb) $1,627,021 225 $1,627,021
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Fox) $584,702 263 $1,788,588
Rough Night (Sony) $432,950 241 $4,280,112
The Mummy (Universal) $377,207 187 $9,785,672
All Eyez On Me (Roadshow) $269,452 143 $3,346,228
Baywatch (Paramount) $229,768 127 $9,599,951
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Disney) $163,252 88 $14,248,775
My Cousin Rachel (Fox) $161,649 0 $1,531,278
Churchill (Transmission) $118,595 0 $1,231,401
Lady Macbeth (Sharmill) $114,218 27 $119,494
Quiet Passion, A (Palace) $108,777 20 $396,383
Viceroy's House (Transmission) $74,690 75 $3,156,919
Monsieur Chocolat (Transmission) $73,738 31 $88,327
Una (Madman) $60,145 17 $257,502
Kedi (Hi Gloss Entertainment) $59,948 16 $215,656
The Promise (Eone) $57,645 33 $379,249
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