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.
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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 |