Kong proves to be massive money monkey movie at weekend box office
Warner Brothers’ Kong: Skull Island has retained its box office lead for a second week with weekend takings of $3.133m.
Kong: Skull Island, a re-boot of the King Kong series, features Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L Jackson and their encounter with the beast called Kong. Since its release it has reached a total Australian box office of just under $10m, according to data from the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.
Fox’s Logan – the tale of Wolverine in 2029 – followed closely behind with takings of $2.886m. Logan’s total box office sits at $19.471m.
Hidden Figures, also released by Fox, was third, with a weekend box office of $1.062m.
Meanwhile the first weekend for Peppa Pig My First Cinema Experience: Peppa’s Australian Holiday – released by Eone – saw takings of $814,742 .
Transmission’s Lion, which is now the sixth highest-grossing Australian film ever remained in the top five over the weekend. Its takings were $553,091, taking it to a total since its January premier of $28.605m.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kong: Skull Island (Wb) | $3,133,353 | 395 | $9,534,000 |
| Logan (Fox) | $2,886,592 | 416 | $19,471,293 |
| Hidden Figures (Fox) | $1,062,673 | 314 | $15,405,465 |
| Peppa Pig My First Cinema Experience: Peppa's Australian Holiday (Eone) | $814,782 | 251 | $1,124,550 |
| Lion (Transmission) | $553,091 | 252 | $28,605,539 |
| Cure For Wellness, A (Fox) | $352,138 | 153 | $361,085 |
| Jasper Jones (Madman) | $300,228 | 209 | $2,005,975 |
| Before I Fall (Roadshow) | $177,805 | 114 | $1,074,118 |
| Moonlight (Roadshow) | $177,199 | 97 | $2,151,845 |
| Loving (Eone) | $147,741 | 41 | $227,577 |
| Fifty Shades Darker (Universal) | $144,788 | 118 | $17,912,455 |
| Manchester By The Sea (Universal) | $134,653 | 112 | $2,869,531 |
| T2: Trainspotting (Sony) | $110,048 | 58 | $2,563,096 |
| The Great Wall (Universal) | $99,029 | 102 | $7,262,449 |
| The Eagle Huntress (Sony) | $95,345 | 23 | $131,233 |
| Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (Madman) | $83,555 | 36 | $422,493 |
| Badrinath Ki Dulhania (Mindblowing Films) | $83,284 | 19 | $321,036 |
| Alone In Berlin (Icon) | $72,327 | 57 | $541,569 |
| Fist Fight (Roadshow) | $69,789 | 59 | $1,861,233 |
| Rings (Paramount) | $56,753 | 69 | $2,087,451 |
Lion was 6th last week on that Aust films list, now 5th —
Moulin Rouge (2001) $27,734,406 was the overtakee.
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I was made aware of this film from my Android phone. There was a jovial entry in Google Now, from memory. Nice execution!
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