Fast and Furious bumps Beauty and the Beast into second at weekend box office
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has slipped into second place over the Easter long weekend box office, as Fast and Furious jumped into the top spot earning $10.072m.
The film has earned a total of $12.696m.
According to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia, Beauty and the Beast collected $3.020m over the weekend across 449 screens, bringing its total local earnings to $40.352m.
Last weekend, across 558 screens, Beauty and the Beast earned $4.960m.
Fox’s The Boss Baby held second place at the weekend box office, collecting $1.997m. It has made $16.246m since its release.
Warner Brothers’ The Lego Batman movie held third at the weekend box office, making $1.290m across 309 screens and bringing its total box office to $5.303m.
The animated comedy centres around the Joker getting his revenge after finding out Batman doesn’t consider him a genuine foe.
Ghost in the Shell remained in fourth place over the weekend, earning $515,805.
The film, which stars Scarlett Johansson as Major Killian has earned a total of $5.303m.
Coming in at fifth place at the weekend box office was Smurfs: The Lost Village, which made $803,021.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fate Of The Furious (Universal) | $10,072,760 | 697 | $12,696,541 |
| Beauty And The Beast (live Action) (Disney) | $3,020,355 | 449 | $40,352,619 |
| The Boss Baby (Fox) | $1,997,473 | 301 | $16,246,760 |
| The Lego Batman Movie (Wb) | $1,290,008 | 309 | $8,327,543 |
| Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony) | $803,021 | 0 | $4,327,802 |
| Ghost In The Shell (Paramount) | $515,805 | 250 | $5,303,595 |
| Manje Bistre (Indies) | $402,399 | 28 | $404,588 |
| Dance Academy (Studiocanal) | $286,332 | 214 | $1,481,993 |
| Chips (Wb) | $185,856 | 131 | $808,219 |
| Logan (Fox) | $180,648 | 93 | $23,199,658 |
| Denial (Eone) | $178,366 | 41 | $238,890 |
| Power Rangers (Roadshow) | $169,980 | 149 | $3,562,069 |
| Life (Sony) | $161,173 | 0 | $3,992,684 |
| Kong: Skull Island (Wb) | $132,663 | 88 | $13,083,650 |
| Hidden Figures (Fox) | $129,029 | 74 | $17,133,984 |
| Silent Voice, A (Madman) | $92,017 | 32 | $450,264 |
| The Country Doctor (Madman) | $85,244 | 19 | $290,963 |
| Frantz (Sharmill) | $65,916 | 20 | $85,418 |
| Colossal (Transmission) | $64,143 | 21 | $64,810 |
| Man Called Ove, A (Rialto) | $57,867 | 21 | $309,079 |
topics
Beauty and the Beast
Ghost in the Shell
Smurfs: The lost village
The Boss Baby
The Lego Batman Movie
Weekend Box Office
A couple of notable marks for Beauty & The Beast —
highest ever total for a March release & soon to be
highest for a 1st quarter release.
Only 3 other Q1 releases have ever topped 30 million
and of those only last year’s Deadpool topped 40 .
Alice In Wonderland (Mar 2010) 37.562
The Hunger Games (Mar 2012) 31.178
Deadpool (Feb 2016) 43.266
Beauty And The Beast (Mar 2017) 40.353 +
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