Murder on the Orient Express overtakes Thor: Ragnarok at the weekend box office
Thor: Ragnarok has been toppled from the top of box office takings with the latest remake of Murder on the Orient Express slightly edging the Marvel action movie out of top spot.
Produced by veteran actor Kenneth Branagh, who also plays the lead role of detective Hercule Poirot, the fourth version of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel grossed Fox $3,851,171 across 333 Australian screens on its opening weekend.
In its fourth week, Disney’s Thor: Ragnarok finished second with takings of $3,844,125 from 522 screens. To date, the latest in the Marvel superhero franchise has earned $26,556,916 in Australia since its release on October 13.
Bad Moms 2 came in third for the week with 370 screens, making $1,752, 370 for Roadshow while StudioCanal9’s horror sequel Jigsaw grossed $455,875 from 201 venues.
At fifth for the weekend was Madman’s My Little Pony: The Movie, which earned $228,144 from 210 screens while Blade Runner 2049 finished just outside the top five with $199,047 across 120 screens.
To date Blade Runner 2049 has earned $12,502,823 for Sony since its October 5 release.
Notorious, a documentary on UFC fighter Conor McGregor, came in seventh on its debut weekend with takings of $147,451 for Rialto on a limited release across 72 screens.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder On The Orient Express (Fox) | $3,851,171 | 333 | $3,937,367 |
| Thor: Ragnarok (Disney) | $3,844,125 | 522 | $26,556,916 |
| Bad Moms 2 (Roadshow) | $1,752,370 | 370 | $6,388,127 |
| Jigsaw (Studiocanal) | $455,875 | 201 | $1,947,135 |
| My Little Pony: The Movie (Madman) | $228,144 | 210 | $872,194 |
| Blade Runner 2049 (Sony) | $199,047 | 120 | $12,502,823 |
| Conor Mcgregor: Notorious (Rialto) | $147,451 | 72 | $147,451 |
| Loving Vincent (Madman) | $116,581 | 48 | $438,930 |
| Three Summers (Transmission) | $105,483 | 122 | $483,233 |
| Detroit (Eone) | $90,416 | 52 | $94,257 |
| Geostorm (Wb) | $86,513 | 140 | $3,050,461 |
| The Mountain Between Us (Fox) | $85,668 | 154 | $4,784,474 |
| The Son Of Bigfoot (Studiocanal) | $49,895 | 86 | $590,381 |
| The Midwife (Palace) | $39,919 | 23 | $409,390 |
| Happy Death Day (Universal) | $39,694 | 63 | $3,450,822 |
| The Outlaws (Jbg Pictures) | $35,621 | 12 | $126,670 |
| Ittefaq (Mindblowing Films) | $34,942 | 18 | $159,186 |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie (Wb) | $33,832 | 109 | $5,465,771 |
| Suburbicon (Roadshow) | $32,665 | 129 | $787,860 |
| Home Again (Eone) | $32,513 | 101 | $1,647,873 |
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Wonderful, good to hear this news, I wish them well.
I do have one question. Why did we not produce this movie?
Yes, us; Australian producers and production crews could have made this movie, and an Australian director could have been found ( with some considerable hard work) and (with a little less work) Australian actors could also have been found, to make this film and many more like it. Trouble is, we dig in and look at our struggling industry as if we are genius loners on a hostile planet, and we repeat the mindless faults and naive blunders of decades past, as we pick up bigger and bigger poor ideas, and drop them on our own feet.
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