First Man achieves $2.328m on opening box office weekend
Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy’s new film, First Man, pulled $2.328m on its opening weekend across 433 screens.
The new film, directed by Oscar-winning Damien Chazelle, tells the story of NASA’s mission to land man on the moon, and premiered on October 11.
It performed better than new film Bad Times at the El Royale over the weekend, which achieved earnings of $1.218m, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report.
Bad Times at the El Royale is based on the lives of seven strangers who meet at a hotel to hide a secret. It ran across 242 screens.
But neither film was able to out-do new Marvel Comic Venom, which added $1.126m to its earnings. The result brought total earnings for the film to $15.983m.
Animated comedy Smallfoot ran across 310 screens and collected an additional $1.411m. Johnny English Strikes Again also made it into the top five at the weekend box office, making $1.040m. Since its premiere, the film has made $12.128m.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venom (Sony) | $4,126,019 | 481 | $15,983,939 |
| First Man (Universal) | $2,328,982 | 433 | $2,361,995 |
| Smallfoot (Wb) | $1,411,403 | 310 | $12,006,293 |
| Bad Times At The El Royale (Fox) | $1,218,024 | 242 | $1,218,024 |
| Johnny English Strikes Again (Universal) | $1,040,537 | 283 | $12,128,208 |
| Ladies In Black (Sony) | $912,859 | 314 | $9,269,704 |
| The House With A Clock In Its Walls (Eone) | $685,450 | 275 | $6,513,328 |
| Christopher Robin (Disney) | $624,275 | 246 | $8,834,176 |
| Night School (Universal) | $602,192 | 187 | $5,047,195 |
| Paw Patrol Mighty Pups: The Movie (Paramount) | $490,076 | 215 | $1,795,718 |
| Crazy Rich Asians (Wb) | $454,058 | 158 | $23,581,241 |
| A Simple Favour (Roadshow) | $431,669 | 184 | $9,327,248 |
| Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (Indies) | $284,714 | 37 | $284,714 |
| Teen Titans Go! To The Movies! (Wb) | $128,423 | 135 | $2,825,130 |
| Project Gutenberg (Magnum) | $113,827 | 16 | $353,374 |
| Shadow (Magnum) | $98,362 | 18 | $98,362 |
| Exes Baggage (Abs-cbn Distributors) | $57,797 | 11 | $57,797 |
| The Nun (Wb) | $51,671 | 57 | $9,153,627 |
| The Seagull (Transmission) | $49,919 | 64 | $193,299 |
| American Animals (Madman) | $46,524 | 25 | $219,595 |
