Dory finds moviegoers’ affection as Nemo sequel sets records
Finding Dory, the long-awaited sequel to Finding Nemo, dominated the box office at the weekend netting $10,238,270.
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With rain descending across Australia’s east coast on Sunday, movie houses were packed with fans waiting to see what happened to the scatter-brained co-star of the original Disney hit.
Warcraft: The Beginning, drawn from the popular massive multiplayer online games, scored a healthy box office draw of $3,386,585, ahead of Me Before You which drew $2,859,676.
Others in the top five included The Conjuring 4 with $2.071m and Now You See Me 2 with $1.016m.
The new debuts pushed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to sixth place, with $986,015.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Dory (Disney) | $10,238,270 | 524 | $10,238,270 |
| Warcraft: The Beginning (Universal) | $3,386,585 | 430 | $3,386,585 |
| Now You See Me 2 (Eone) | $1,016,949 | 263 | $7,667,741 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows (Paramount) | $968,015 | 299 | $4,622,397 |
| Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Madman) | $808,356 | 162 | $5,569,912 |
| Money Monster (Sony) | $775,135 | 262 | $5,983,477 |
| Alice Through The Looking Glass (Disney) | $341,690 | 228 | $8,199,501 |
| X-men: Apocalypse (Fox) | $236,762 | 151 | $14,947,819 |
| The Angry Birds Movie (Sony) | $152,483 | 164 | $9,062,692 |
| God Willing (Palace) | $93,273 | 20 | $625,045 |
| The Wailing (Dreamwest Pictures) | $42,447 | 12 | $199,580 |
| Gentlemen (Mks Retail) | $34,094 | 0 | $34,094 |
| Florence Foster Jenkins (Eone) | $30,614 | 69 | $3,562,081 |
| Queen Of The Desert (Transmission) | $28,946 | 37 | $293,378 |
| Captain America: Civil War (Disney) | $27,780 | 22 | $33,687,938 |
| The Meddler (Sony) | $23,930 | 28 | $430,991 |
| The Man Who Knew Infinity (Icon) | $23,731 | 48 | $1,390,132 |
| Miles Ahead (Sony) | $19,460 | 2 | $83,883 |
| Chasing Asylum (Cinemaplus) | $18,894 | 15 | $317,328 |
| Warren Miller's: Chasing Shadows (Ice Edge) | $15,602 | 6 | $133,705 |
