Mutant turtles and disasters top the weekend box office
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has claimed the number one Australian box office title in its debut weekend, taking in $2.099m across 422 screens.
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The film, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and produced by Transformers director Michael Bay, courted controversy earlier this year with a promotional poster which featured the title hereos falling from a burning New York skyscraper alongside the release date of September 11.
Disaster movie Into The Storm was only $119,798 behind its blockbuster rival, taking in $1.979 at the box office across 336 screens. The disaster movie was promoted in Australia with a YouTube video of a man taking a selfie alongside a dust tornado in the outback and an augmented reality outdoor campaign which allowed audiences to see how the city behind outdoor panels would look if a storm, similar to the one in the movie, were to hit.
Disney’s Guardians Of The Galaxy was pushed into third place after reclaiming the top spot from The Inbetweeners 2 last weekend. It made $1.190 across 380 screens taking its total Australian box office to $23.214m.
The Hundred-foot Journey managed to grab fourth place after pulling in $876,241 across 300 screens while The Inbetweeners 2 settled for $635,575 across 307 screens.
Boyhood, which tells the story of the life of a young man from age five to 18 and was filmed over 12 years with the same cast, made $281,058 across 59 screens.
New Zealand vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows made $229,425 across 49 screens, taking its total Aussie box office to $291,207 since its premiere last Thursday. The film used Gumtree to generate buzz ahead of its Australian premiere by posting a housemate wanted ad from the vampire characters.
Of the Australian films around at the moment Joel Edgerton’s Felony took $131,780 on 47 screens, just behind Predestination starring Ethan Hawke which got $143,514.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount) | $2,099,441 | 422 | $2,099,441 |
| Into The Storm (Roadshow) | $1,979,643 | 336 | $2,013,827 |
| Guardians Of The Galaxy (Disney) | $1,190,608 | 380 | $23,214,699 |
| The Hundred-foot Journey (Disney) | $876,241 | 300 | $9,179,837 |
| The Inbetweeners 2 (Roadshow) | $635,575 | 307 | $6,747,221 |
| If I Stay (Wb) | $577,736 | 201 | $1,943,572 |
| Magic In The Moonlight (Eone) | $518,691 | 130 | $1,672,809 |
| Lucy (Universal) | $505,679 | 179 | $14,922,940 |
| Boyhood (Universal) | $281,058 | 59 | $472,525 |
| What We Do In The Shadows (Madman) | $229,425 | 49 | $291,207 |
| The Expendables 3 (Roadshow) | $167,326 | 173 | $4,212,298 |
| Predestination (Pinnacle Films) | $143,514 | 50 | $437,677 |
| Felony (Roadshow) | $131,780 | 47 | $408,263 |
| But Always (Chinalion Film) | $71,691 | 9 | $71,691 |
| Mary Kom (Eros) | $54,658 | 18 | $54,658 |
| Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return (Studiocanal) | $51,364 | 161 | $115,567 |
| How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Fox) | $51,200 | 65 | $26,465,228 |
| Most Wanted Man, A (Roadshow) | $47,559 | 42 | $1,310,058 |
| The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared (Studiocanal) | $40,673 | 36 | $340,331 |
| Rio 2 (Fox) | $34,119 | 73 | $12,167,391 |
Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.
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