Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children tops the box office over the long weekend

Miranda Ward

October 5, 2016 8:43

Tim Burton’s latest film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children grabbed the top spot at the box office over the long weekend pulling in $4.00m across 380 screens.

The school holidays helped The Secret Life of Pets claim second place after taking in $3.308m across 445 screens while The Magnificent Seven grabbed third place with $3.253m sold in tickets across 371 screens.

Fellow kids film Storks came in at fourth place with a local box office of $1.852m, while Bridget Jones’s Baby rounded out the top five after taking in $1.786m to take its local box office total to $13.588m.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.