New Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper film A Star is Born takes weekend box office
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s new film, A Star is Born, dominated the weekend box office, achieving more than $6m in earnings.
The romantic drama is both filmed and produced by Cooper and is based on the life of a musician who falls in love with a struggling artist.
Over the weekend it ran across 537 screens. In the US, the film made US$42.908m (AU$60.384m) on its premiere weekend.
First Man, which last week topped the weekend box office, made $1.116m. Starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy, the film is the story of NASA’s mission to land on the moon. It failed to make as much as Venom, which cracked $1.952m across 424 screens.
Since its premiere, the Marvel film has made almost $19m. This week its trailer was found in breach of advertising guidelines by the Advertising Standards Board.
Bad Time at the El Royale added another $600,000 to earnings, while Ladies in Black ran across 321 screens on the weekend, earning $535,787.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Is Born, A (Wb) | $6,019,203 | 537 | $6,717,312 |
| Venom (Sony) | $1,952,901 | 424 | $18,825,987 |
| First Man (Universal) | $1,116,418 | 342 | $4,174,587 |
| Bad Times At The El Royale (Fox) | $600,441 | 239 | $2,181,359 |
| Ladies In Black (Sony) | $535,787 | 321 | $10,266,028 |
| Johnny English Strikes Again (Universal) | $412,884 | 235 | $12,724,987 |
| Smallfoot (Wb) | $343,931 | 236 | $12,474,178 |
| Night School (Universal) | $243,978 | 143 | $5,404,258 |
| Crazy Rich Asians (Wb) | $220,225 | 126 | $23,923,385 |
| Paw Patrol Mighty Pups: The Movie (Paramount) | $204,092 | 236 | $2,101,013 |
| A Simple Favour (Roadshow) | $191,543 | 141 | $9,631,982 |
| The House With A Clock In Its Walls (Eone) | $179,949 | 220 | $6,767,804 |
| Christopher Robin (Disney) | $164,730 | 178 | $9,100,917 |
| Project Gutenberg (Magnum) | $68,486 | 9 | $467,023 |
| 1% (Icon) | $56,067 | 58 | $82,388 |
| Shadow (Magnum) | $40,230 | 15 | $172,727 |
| I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (Madman) | $33,304 | 31 | $33,304 |
| Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (Madman) | $31,760 | 19 | $82,073 |
| Andhadhun (Eros) | $31,152 | 5 | $178,052 |
| Three Identical Strangers (Universal) | $27,946 | 9 | $457,890 |
