Female-led Ghostbusters reboot grabs top spot at the box office
The Ghostbusters reboot featuring a female-led cast of Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, grabbed the top spot of the weekend box office after raking in $4.702m in its opening weekend.
Since its Australian premiere last Thursday, the comedy, which also stars Chris Hemsworth, has made a total of $4.855m.
It pushed The Legend of Tarzan into second place with a weekend box office of $2.442m across 271 screens.
Disney’s Finding Dory was not too far behind, pulling in $2.435m across 262 screens to take its total local box office to $45.172m.
Fellow Disney film, The BFG grabbed $1.932m across 355 screens while Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates managed $1.449m across 260 screens.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghostbusters (Sony) | $4,702,647 | 493 | $4,855,868 |
| The Legend Of Tarzan (Roadshow) | $2,442,376 | 271 | $8,266,433 |
| Finding Dory (Disney) | $2,435,853 | 262 | $45,172,792 |
| The Bfg (Disney) | $1,932,250 | 355 | $12,327,829 |
| Central Intelligence (Universal) | $1,670,418 | 276 | $13,223,335 |
| Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates (Fox) | $1,449,696 | 260 | $4,897,720 |
| Ice Age: Collision Course (Fox) | $1,214,683 | 327 | $10,617,110 |
| Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Madman) | $510,948 | 144 | $9,302,609 |
| Me Before You (Wb) | $390,195 | 180 | $11,562,611 |
| Independence Day: Resurgence (Fox) | $376,085 | 216 | $11,329,886 |
| Our Kind Of Traitor (Studiocanal) | $275,679 | 53 | $278,873 |
| Sultan (Mindblowing Films) | $203,520 | 25 | $1,214,596 |
| Sing Street (Roadshow) | $120,039 | 41 | $170,146 |
| Cold War 2 (Magnum) | $116,501 | 14 | $393,680 |
| Goldstone (Transmission) | $113,608 | 43 | $533,744 |
| Now You See Me 2 (Eone) | $85,466 | 35 | $9,522,906 |
| The Conjuring 2 (Wb) | $84,115 | 44 | $10,679,498 |
| Maggie's Plan (Sony) | $64,669 | 14 | $234,911 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows (Paramount) | $58,914 | 62 | $6,443,194 |
| Mustang (Madman) | $43,394 | 19 | $443,406 |
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