Everest hits the heights on opening weekend as Australian movie Oddball goes close to $1m

Heavily-promoted mountaineering drama Everest took more than $3.2m at the box office on its opening weekend, knocking The Maze Runner into second place.

The movie, which stars Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley Sam Worthington and Jake Gyllenhaal, was shown across 517 screens with the second instalment of The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, managing $2.45m on 382 screens.