Thriller film A Quiet Place – which topped the US box office – pulled in $2.42m on its local weekend debut for Paramount, leaving it in third place.
Last week’s weekend box office champion, Steven Spielberg’s take on sci-fi novel Ready Player One, was knocked into second place with $2.56m this weekend, with Sony Pictures’ children’s film Peter Rabbit back on top thanks to $2.90m in ticket sales. After two weeks in theatres, Ready Player One has now earned $8.73m in total. Peter Rabbit, which has been in local theatres one week longer, has earned $14.93m.
American comedy Blockers, which features John Cena and Leslie Mann, also had its third week in cinemas, pulling in an additional $1.73m, taking its total to $6.86m, according to the Motion Pictures Distributors Association of Australia.
Love, Simon’s total increased by $915,300 this weekend, taking its total earnings to $3.51m.
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Sherlock Gnomes also had its weekend debut, pulling in $783,488 for Paramount, ahead of Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, which added $685,197, taking its total to $3.97m.
|
| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|---|
| Peter Rabbit (Sony) |
$2,902,240 |
406 |
$14,932,905 |
| Ready Player One (Roadshow) |
$2,558,309 |
404 |
$8,730,448 |
| Quiet Place, A (Paramount) |
$2,421,780 |
282 |
$2,592,660 |
| Blockers (Universal) |
$1,732,702 |
349 |
$6,855,561 |
| Love, Simon (Fox) |
$915,300 |
225 |
$3,510,175 |
| Sherlock Gnomes (Paramount) |
$783,488 |
281 |
$1,840,971 |
| Wrinkle In Time, A (Disney) |
$685,197 |
301 |
$2,475,792 |
| Pacific Rim: Uprising (Universal) |
$485,870 |
240 |
$5,408,740 |
| Black Panther (Disney) |
$440,641 |
180 |
$39,686,085 |
| The Death Of Stalin (Madman) |
$302,806 |
59 |
$1,210,445 |
| Tomb Raider (Wb) |
$219,963 |
244 |
$6,353,649 |
| Red Sparrow (Fox) |
$150,412 |
102 |
$9,664,862 |
| Early Man (Studiocanal) |
$135,405 |
183 |
$457,627 |
| The Greatest Showman (Fox) |
$125,376 |
82 |
$33,721,420 |
| Paul Apostle Of Christ (Sony) |
$102,697 |
45 |
$449,034 |
| Baaghi 2 (Mindblowing Films) |
$88,116 |
27 |
$471,700 |
| Finding Your Feet (Eone) |
$82,601 |
91 |
$5,211,250 |
| The Other Side Of Hope (Palace) |
$68,511 |
20 |
$439,068 |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox) |
$53,642 |
47 |
$11,761,534 |
| I Can Only Imagine (Crossroads) |
$45,055 |
32 |
$728,457 |