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New Dwayne Johnson film Skyscraper cracks $3m on first weekend but can’t beat Ant-man and The Wasp

Universal’s new film, Skyscraper, made more than $3m on its first weekend at the Australian box office, but wasn’t able to combat the dominance of Ant-man and The Wasp and Incredibles 2.

The new film stars Dwayne Johnson as a US war veteran and former FBI hostage rescue team leader framed for setting the world’s tallest building ablaze.

Across 460 screens, the film made $3.098m, however Ant-man and the Wasp earned $3.782m over the weekend on 536 screens. That brings the total to just over $13m for the two weeks. With school holidays still running, Incredibles 2 collected an additional $3.485m over 225 screens to take its total to $39.761m.

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation also performed well over the weekend, adding another $3.225m to total earnings.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, finished the week behind Skyscraper, making $2.666m across 392 screens. The film has now made $31.147m since its premiere on June 25.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
Ant-man And The Wasp (Disney) $3,782,206 536 $13,082,720
Incredibles 2 (Disney) $3,485,920 435 $39,761,868
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (Sony) $3,225,388 425 $13,861,022
Skyscraper (Universal) $3,098,932 460 $3,101,180
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) $2,666,225 392 $31,147,803
Ocean's 8 (Roadshow) $528,013 178 $17,233,122
Show Dogs (Roadshow) $411,164 205 $1,258,672
Adrift (Roadshow) $332,008 192 $2,416,405
Sicario: Day Of The Soldado (Roadshow) $291,556 211 $2,787,498
Sanju (Mindblowing Films) $141,991 59 $2,298,194
Tag (Wb) $117,905 74 $3,357,856
Muse: Drones World Tour (Trafalgar) $111,787 73 $111,863
Back To Burgundy (Studiocanal) $106,159 38 $594,641
Hereditary (Studiocanal) $87,190 84 $3,447,041
Tea With The Dames (Transmission) $64,167 130 $1,878,762
Deadpool 2 (Fox) $61,692 27 $35,937,742
Overboard (Rialto) $55,553 33 $55,553
Two Is A Family (Palace) $53,926 24 $552,594
Tamizh Padman 2 (Southern Star) $51,353 19 $51,353
Mary Shelley (Transmission) $47,275 26 $141,417
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