Killer Elite opens poorly at the box office
Action film Killer Elite has struggled in its opening weekend at the Australian box office, taking just $284,226, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
Starring a strong cast in Robert De Niro, Jason Stratham and Clive Owen, the film was directed by first-time feature filmmaker Gary McKendry, produced by Australian-based OmniLab Media and filmed in and around Melbourne, as well as Paris and London.
The film was released across 108 screens, averaging $2632 and ranked 13 in the weekend’s box office top 20.
Internationally the film has also struggled, taking around $US53m globally according to website Box Office Mojo, $17m short of its budget, $US70m.
Released in September 2011 in the US, a local release was delayed until this weekend.
Elsewhere in box office news, the Stephan Elliott-directed film A Few Best Men took a further $58,444, taking the film’s cume to $5,124,090 in its fifth week out.
The Working Dog film Any Questions For Ben, directed by Rob Sitch, now in its third week of release, took $103,030 across 146 screens making a screen average of $706. The comedy has put in an unfortunate showing of just $1,432,741.
