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Discreet opening for Waiting City

The Waiting CityClaire McCarthy’s Indian-shot The Waiting City (Hopscotch Films) earned $136,892 during its opening weekend – average $5,475 – for a total box office take of $181,351. The film received considerable attention from the mainstream media, particularly due to its protagonist, Radha Mitchell.

It opened behind Animal Kingdom’s seventh weekend, at #10 with $178,987 from 71 screens (average $2,520, Madman Entertainment).

Toy Story 3 left the top spot after three weeks, with Tom Cruise’s latest action/comedy Knight and Day debuting at #1 with $3.75m.

The rest of the top 10 remained the same, except for Sex and the City 2‘s departure after seven weeks.

1 Knight & Day Fox 3,753,462
2 Toy Story 3 Disney 3,377,726
3 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Hoyts 2,518,638
4 The Karate Kid Sony 971,448
5 Shrek Forever After Paramount 1,420,116
6 Predators Fox 1,125,682
7 Grown Ups Sony 877,990
8 Marmaduke Fox 564,507
9 Get Him to the Greek Universal 256,161
10 Animal Kingdom Madman 178,987
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