Jack crosses half-million mark, Mao makes U$1m
Nadia Tass’ drama Matching Jack (Twentieth Century Fox) earned $189,543 this weekend, for a total of $615,000 from 186 screens, average $1,019 – down from last week’s $1,387.
Meanwhile, in the US, Mao’s Last Dancer crossed the U$1m line.
The New Zealand hit Boy (Paramount/Transmission) entered the Australian charts at number nine with $275,026 from 41 screens – average $6,708. Not a bad beginning for the most successful local film ever across the Tasman.
This is the top 10 for August 27-29 in Australia:
| 1 | Salt | Sony | $2,515,352 |
| 2 | Vampires Suck | Fox | $1,444,863 |
| 3 | Inception | Roadshow | $1,358,702 |
| 4 | The Expendables | Roadshow | $1,038,851 |
| 5 | Piranha 3D | Roadshow | $903,285 |
| 6 | Step Up 3D | Universal | $728,628 |
| 7 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Universal | $459,088 |
| 8 | Avatar | Fox | $285,020 |
| 9 | Boy | Paramount/Transmission | $275,026 |
| 10 | The Ghost Writer | Hoyts | $259,325 |
In the American continent, Mao’s Last Dancer climbed from 31 to 25, with U$299,691 from 75 screens (42 more than the previous week), for a total of U$1,193,813.
Animal Kingdom remained at number 38 on its third weekend, with $123,594 from 39 screens (an additional 17 compared to last week), with a total of $372,511.
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$615,000 from 186 screens? Screen average of $1300 per screen – that averages out at 4 audience members per session per week!
Not a good result at all, considering the film prints would have cost close to $300K.
What were Fox thinking they were going to achieve with this film anyway?
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