New Australian film Breath pulls more than $1m on opening weekend, can’t beat Avengers: Infinity War
Australian film Breath finished its first weekend at the box office with more than $1m in earnings across 244 screens, coming in behind The Avengers: Infinity War and I Feel Pretty.
The film, an adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel Breath, finished at the weekend box office with $1.001m in earnings, just behind Amy Schumer’s film I Feel Pretty, which collected an additional $1.024m in its third weekend.
Breath stars Simon Baker, Samson Coulter and Ben Spence, and tells the story of young boys who find a passion for surfing and find themselves under the ‘spell’ of a big-wave surfer.
But neither could defeat Disney’s Avengers: Infinity War, which finished with an additional $10m in earnings after its second weekend at box office.
The Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia’s report has reported $10.209m across 876 screens for the film, which sees some of Marvel’s biggest superheroes join forces to try and defeat the Thanos.
On its opening weekend, the Marvel film broke box office records, making $21.239m – Australia’s second highest grossing film for an opening weekend. This weekend’s performance brought total earnings to $45.628m.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society didn’t crack $1m this weekend, with $673,378 earnings across 244 screens. Thriller A Quiet Place made an additional $619,642.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) | $10,209,213 | 876 | $45,628,368 |
| I Feel Pretty (Eone) | $1,024,135 | 279 | $7,365,568 |
| Breath (Roadshow) | $1,001,321 | 244 | $1,186,062 |
| The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (Studiocanal) | $673,378 | 244 | $4,001,416 |
| Quiet Place, A (Paramount) | $619,642 | 210 | $11,251,539 |
| Rampage (Wb) | $290,771 | 223 | $8,291,766 |
| Peter Rabbit (Sony) | $289,738 | 257 | $25,938,198 |
| Isle Of Dogs (Fox) | $147,670 | 96 | $2,569,406 |
| Sherlock Gnomes (Paramount) | $139,068 | 64 | $6,275,110 |
| A Or B (Tangren) | $105,970 | 17 | $105,970 |
| Blockers (Universal) | $90,280 | 68 | $10,280,000 |
| Ready Player One (Roadshow) | $76,519 | 92 | $13,761,605 |
| Super Troopers 2 (Fox) | $74,505 | 59 | $857,783 |
| Gurrumul (Madman) | $71,341 | 28 | $402,840 |
| Loveless (Palace) | $67,331 | 20 | $289,341 |
| The Death Of Stalin (Madman) | $67,083 | 54 | $2,163,911 |
| Truth Or Dare (Universal) | $65,093 | 65 | $2,686,428 |
| God's Not Dead: A Light In The Darkness (Crossroads) | $63,268 | 47 | $65,788 |
| Broken (Rialto) | $59,442 | 24 | $59,442 |
| Early Man (Studiocanal) | $53,120 | 88 | $1,883,190 |
