Life of Pi remains at top of box office

January 21, 2013 9:28

Life of Pi stayed unchallenged at the top of the Australian Box Office over the weekend, with adult comedy This Is 40 the only film opening on a major release.

The Ang Lee-directed Life of Pi made $2.859m at the box office over the weekend across 552 screens for a $5,180 average. The film is in its third week in release for Fox.

Also maintaining strong numbers is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey which made $2.016m. In its fourth week, the film is running across 443 screens for a $4,552 average and stands at $38.404m for distributor Warner Bros.

However, This is 40 still had a healthy opening. The film which is written and directed by Judd Apatow took a $8,091 screen average. Across 232 screens the film grossed $1.877m.

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Colin Delaney

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