Insurgent beats Home to top box office while Chappie slides badly

Alex Hayes

March 23, 2015 4:23

The second film of the Divergent series, Insurgent, has swept the box office over the weekend taking $4.124m on its debut, holding off animated comedy Home.

Dreamworks’ latest blockbuster about an alien invasion starring Rhianna and Jim Parsons. managed $2.803m on its opening weekend on 333 screens, compared to Insurgent’s 393 screen showing.

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Third spot went to last week’s number one Will Smith con movie Focus, which stars Australian Margot Robbie, and took $1.104m on the weekend on 276, taking its total box office to $7.063m.

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Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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