George Clooney’s The Monuments Men dominates weekend box office

The Monuments Men dominated the weekend’s box office, taking $2,319,102 across 323 screens, pushing 300: Rise Of An Empire to second spot.

The film directed by George Clooney who also starred alongside Matt Damon and Bill Murray, which had its Australian premiere earlier in the week, tells the story of a World War II platoon tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.

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It made $732,301 more than its nearest rival 300: Rise of An Empire, sequel to the oft-imitated 300, which made $1.586 million across 467 screens, taking its total Australian box office takings to just under $6 million.

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