James Bond’s SPECTRE takes more than $11.3m to post fourth highest opening of year
The latest instalment in the James Bond series SPECTRE took a mammoth $11.3m on its opening three days at the Australian box office.
It is the fourth highest grossing opening of 2015, well behind Jurassic World’s $16m, and $1m down on the last Bond film Skyfall which was out in November 2012.
The 24th in the Bond series opened on 618 screens and took more than five times the second placed film The Dressmaker. Including previews it has already grossed $12m.
Aussie film The Dressmaker continues to do well taking just over $2m at the weekend on 343 screens with a total take of $11.596m so far.
Bollywood film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – which had the biggest opening of all time for a Bollywood movie in India and the UK – was the second biggest opening of the weekend with the film taking $606,365 on just 36 screens to finish fourth overall, averaging $16,843 per screen, just behind SPECTRE’s $18,315 per screen.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectre (Sony) | $11,318,848 | 618 | $12,069,993 |
| The Dressmaker (Universal) | $2,006,555 | 343 | $11,596,432 |
| The Martian (Fox) | $615,384 | 252 | $26,338,947 |
| Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Mindblowing Films) | $606,365 | 36 | $606,365 |
| Bridge Of Spies (Fox) | $470,891 | 258 | $6,406,472 |
| The Last Witch Hunter (Eone) | $400,436 | 176 | $3,075,212 |
| Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse (Paramount) | $199,372 | 198 | $828,619 |
| Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension (Paramount) | $169,716 | 198 | $3,376,140 |
| The Intern (Wb) | $142,187 | 0 | $9,178,415 |
| Oddball (Roadshow) | $124,762 | 160 | $10,745,952 |
| Burnt (Roadshow) | $119,241 | 129 | $2,626,701 |
| Man Up (Studiocanal) | $85,525 | 103 | $344,904 |
| Pan (Wb) | $76,434 | 105 | $7,269,192 |
| Vedalam (Mks Retail) | $65,645 | 0 | $148,269 |
| He Named Me Malala (Fox) | $53,175 | 36 | $56,371 |
| Alex & Eve (Magic Box Ent.) | $51,082 | 30 | $399,549 |
| The Lobster (Sony) | $46,235 | 11 | $361,574 |
| Ex-files 2: The Backup Strike Back (Magnum) | $40,725 | 9 | $172,689 |
| National Theatre Live: Hamlet (benedict Cumberbatch (Sharmill) | $39,282 | 8 | $289,965 |
| Legend (Studiocanal) | $35,185 | 39 | $1,998,716 |
