La La Land climbs to second at box office after Golden Globe wins
La La Land has jumped to second place from eighth in Australia’s box office takings after winning seven awards at the Golden Globes last week.
La La Land picked up seven awards at the Golden Globes last week.
The American musical raked in $2.306m over the weekend, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australian figures, which was up from last weekend’s total of $1.690m.
The film, which features Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling tells the story of a musician and an aspiring actress who fall in love in Los Angeles.
The Golden Globes saw the film pick up a record amount of trophies including best musical or comedy motion picture, best director of a motion picture, best original score and best screenplay of a motion picture.
The movie has now taken $11.228m since it debuted on Boxing Day.
Meanwhile, Universal’s animated film Sing remained in the top spot at weekend box office for the second consecutive weekend, taking a total of $2.324m.
The comedy has managed total earnings of $22.301m.
Disney animation Moana also climbed at box office, taking the number three spot from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by earning $2.120m over the weekend.
Moana has pulled in $19.464m since its debut.
American sci-fi Passengers slipped from second to fourth place over the weekend, collecting another $2m. The film had made a total of $11.340m since January 1.
Rogue One: A Star Wars story fell to fifth place after almost one month at box office, managing $1.883m. The latest numbers bring the film’s total earnings to $47.136m.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sing (Universal) | $2,324,809 | 344 | $22,301,075 |
| La La Land (Eone) | $2,306,838 | 210 | $11,228,745 |
| Moana (Disney) | $2,120,653 | 320 | $19,464,786 |
| Passengers (Roadshow) | $2,000,414 | 301 | $11,340,931 |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Disney) | $1,883,041 | 329 | $47,136,474 |
| Monster Trucks (Paramount) | $1,415,386 | 241 | $1,467,143 |
| Assassin's Creed (Fox) | $1,302,503 | 249 | $8,444,073 |
| Allied (Paramount) | $1,114,481 | 277 | $10,236,176 |
| Why Him? (Fox) | $979,882 | 238 | $9,516,844 |
| Ballerina (Studiocanal) | $912,255 | 221 | $932,231 |
| Collateral Beauty (Roadshow) | $859,152 | 210 | $921,374 |
| Middle School: The Worst Year Of My Life (Roadshow) | $855,913 | 188 | $983,137 |
| The Edge Of Seventeen (Roadshow) | $803,861 | 180 | $2,886,132 |
| Jackie (Eone) | $620,294 | 69 | $714,478 |
| Red Dog: True Blue (Roadshow) | $504,114 | 306 | $6,332,690 |
| Trolls (Fox) | $312,046 | 188 | $16,773,941 |
| Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (Wb) | $219,777 | 76 | $32,139,914 |
| Bhairavaa (Mks Retail) | $212,207 | 19 | $212,207 |
| United Kingdom, A (Transmission) | $198,914 | 68 | $1,749,566 |
| Rosalie Blum (Palace) | $147,716 | 26 | $1,390,952 |
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