New Zealand comedy The Breaker Upperers earned just over $700,000 at its first weekend box office, but was eclipsed by bigger US films.
The film stars co-writers and directors Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek – otherwise known as Mel and Jen – who are co-dependent best friends and business partners, attempting to break up relationships on behalf of clients.
It aired on 227 screens over the weekend, and has made $867,880 since its July 26 premiere.
But the film was well behind Ant-man and The Wasp, The Equalizer 2 and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again.
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Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again topped the weekend box office for a second consecutive week, making $3.903m across 531 screens. Since its premiere, the film made $12.848m.
American thriller The Equalizer 2, which is based on the TV series about a retired agent, added $1.868m to total earnings. Meanwhile, Marvel film Ant-man and The Wasp added another $1m to earnings, bringing its total to $17.941m.
The Incredibles 2 collected $695,500 over the weekend. Since the film premiered, it has made $44.051m.
|
| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|---|
| Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again (Universal) |
$3,903,564 |
531 |
$12,848,854 |
| The Equalizer 2 (Sony) |
$1,868,046 |
297 |
$5,753,174 |
| Ant-man And The Wasp (Disney) |
$1,056,040 |
291 |
$17,941,494 |
| The Breaker Upperers (Madman) |
$717,564 |
227 |
$867,880 |
| Incredibles 2 (Disney) |
$695,500 |
266 |
$44,051,007 |
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) |
$694,440 |
269 |
$34,468,702 |
| Skyscraper (Universal) |
$693,423 |
278 |
$6,616,423 |
| Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (Sony) |
$481,941 |
265 |
$17,675,072 |
| Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (Chinalion Film) |
$153,363 |
28 |
$153,363 |
| Beirut (Roadshow) |
$149,369 |
85 |
$185,476 |
| Ocean's 8 (Roadshow) |
$122,069 |
97 |
$17,919,839 |
| Maya The Bee: The Honey Games (Studiocanal) |
$82,135 |
237 |
$82,135 |
| Whitney (Transmission) |
$67,300 |
49 |
$74,407 |
| Adrift (Roadshow) |
$63,953 |
100 |
$2,823,340 |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey - 50th Anniversary (Wb) |
$62,782 |
72 |
$260,029 |
| Rbg (Icon) |
$56,787 |
35 |
$89,597 |
| Back To Burgundy (Studiocanal) |
$54,380 |
46 |
$800,115 |
| Sicario: Day Of The Soldado (Roadshow) |
$42,868 |
58 |
$3,085,482 |
| The Leisure Seeker (Eone) |
$37,045 |
60 |
$1,004,106 |
| Dhadak (Zee Studios) |
$36,632 |
15 |
$185,594 |