Mental takes just over $1m on opening weekend

PJ Hogan-directed Australian film Mental has taken just over $1m at the box office on its opening weekend.

The Universal Pictures-distributed flick took $1.09m, for a screen average of $4074 across 269 screens and placed sixth in the Thursday to Sunday top 20 films, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

The comedy stars Toni Collette and Rebecca Gibney and explores the issue of mental health in everyday people.

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