Marvel’s latest film at the Australian box office, Ant-man and The Wasp, earned almost $6m on its first weekend, dethroning Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
The film, which stars Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd, sees Ant-Man Scott Lang struggle to balance his home and superhero lives. He is called on a new mission which sees him fight alongside The Wasp.
According to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report, the film made $5.814m across more than 600 screens.
Behind Ant-man this week was Disney film Incredibles 2, which made another $3.958m in earnings over the weekend. The result brought total earnings above $30m.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom fell behind the two Disney films, achieving $3.837m at the weekend box office, bringing the total earnings since its release to $26.426m.
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation and Ocean’s 8 grabbed earnings of $3.019m and $751,665 respectively.
|
| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|---|
| Ant-man And The Wasp (Disney) |
$5,814,528 |
613 |
$6,321,018 |
| Incredibles 2 (Disney) |
$3,958,300 |
474 |
$33,090,224 |
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) |
$3,837,240 |
476 |
$26,426,660 |
| Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (Sony) |
$3,019,530 |
408 |
$7,796,924 |
| Ocean's 8 (Roadshow) |
$751,665 |
211 |
$16,306,132 |
| Sicario: Day Of The Soldado (Roadshow) |
$629,184 |
219 |
$2,274,354 |
| Adrift (Roadshow) |
$611,547 |
202 |
$1,774,430 |
| Sanju (Mindblowing Films) |
$494,645 |
59 |
$1,982,250 |
| Show Dogs (Roadshow) |
$390,447 |
206 |
$390,617 |
| Tag (Wb) |
$202,301 |
125 |
$3,120,820 |
| Back To Burgundy (Studiocanal) |
$124,690 |
33 |
$437,290 |
| Deadpool 2 (Fox) |
$110,769 |
43 |
$35,809,168 |
| Hereditary (Studiocanal) |
$106,570 |
54 |
$3,310,323 |
| Tea With The Dames (Transmission) |
$76,126 |
157 |
$1,772,614 |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney) |
$74,617 |
51 |
$16,938,451 |
| Two Is A Family (Palace) |
$67,717 |
21 |
$470,359 |
| Mary Shelley (Transmission) |
$60,029 |
27 |
$62,257 |
| The Leisure Seeker (Eone) |
$57,125 |
58 |
$855,690 |
| Disobedience (Roadshow) |
$56,558 |
30 |
$511,524 |
| Animal World (Cmc Pictures) |
$35,781 |
9 |
$124,412 |