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The Fault in Our Stars takes box office number one as X-Men pushed into fourth place

X-men: Days of Future Past has been pushed down to fourth place in the weekend’s box office, with The Fault In Our Stars claiming the top spot after taking in $3.776m across 273 screens over the long weekend.

The Fault in Our Stars, based on the book by John Green, has taken just over $4m in Australia since its premiere on Thursday.

Its closest rival action movie Edge of Tomorrow, which stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, grabbed $3.023m over the weekend across 477 screens, taking its total Australian box office takings to $3.079m.

Disney’s Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie as the Sleeping Beauty antagonist Maleficent, was pushed into third place after grabbing second place last week. It took $2.68m over the weekend across 530 screens, pushing its total box office takings in Australia to $8.109m.

X-men: Days of Future Past had to settle for fourth place after dominating the box office for the last few weeks, taking in $2.198m in ticket sales across 523 screens, boosting its total box office takings to $18.422m.

Kids flick How To Train Your Dragon 2 was fifth grabbing $2.015m in tickets over the long weekend across 430 screens, while Seth McFarlane’s western comedy A Million Ways To Die In the West, which stars the Family Guy creator alongside Liam Neesen and Charlize Theron took in $1.203m across 280 screens. The film recently had an online ad pulled by the Advertising Standards Board for a scene in which oral sex  is implied using silhouetted figures.

Godzilla had to settle for 10th place taking only $431,867 across 228 screens, taking its total Australian box office takings to nearly $13.5m.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
The Fault In Our Stars (Fox) $3,776,246 273 $4,002,892
Edge Of Tomorrow (Roadshow) $3,023,910 477 $3,079,586
Maleficent (Disney) $2,681,215 530 $8,109,958
X-men: Days Of Future Past (Fox) $2,198,050 523 $18,422,324
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Fox) $2,015,764 430 $2,015,764
Million Ways To Die In The West, A (Universal) $1,203,812 280 $4,139,892
Bad Neighbours (Universal) $595,346 197 $17,132,296
Grace Of Monaco (Eone) $542,141 209 $608,335
The Trip To Italy (Madman) $456,218 49 $1,211,872
Godzilla (Wb) $431,867 228 $13,402,699
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox) $143,974 73 $11,631,262
Belle (Icon) $98,919 64 $1,640,909
Chef (Studiocanal) $82,144 65 $2,834,588
The Other Woman (Fox) $78,560 77 $20,218,301
Sunshine On Leith (Eone) $52,681 39 $441,411
Ida (Curious Films) $40,803 10 $159,577
The Lego Movie (Roadshow) $38,045 98 $29,747,601
Under The Skin (Roadshow) $32,915 5 $96,480
The Babadook (Umbrella Ent.) $28,373 10 $174,342
Overheard 3 (Magnum) $27,584 9 $123,101
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