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Paper Planes and Unbroken open strongly as Taken 3 continues dominates box office

New Aussie film Paper Planes made a strong debut at the box office over the weekend whilst Angelina Jolie war film Unbroken also fared well on debut as ten films broke the million dollar barrier.

Family drama Paper Planes, starring Sam Worthington, charts a young boy’s journey to compete in the world paper plane championships overcoming adversity along the way, and took $1.732m on 253 screens.

Meanwhile Jolie’s Unbroken which was filmed in Australia took $2.141m on its opening weekend putting it second in the table. However, it could not knock Liam Neeson vehicle Taken 3 off the top of the box office for a second week, with the film pulling in $2.628m to take its total takings to $10.374m in just over a week.

Fairy tale fantasy film Into the Woods was third on the list with $2.059m, with another new release, and Golden Globe winner, Birdman, was fifth on the list with $1.458m.

Russel Crowe’s The Water Diviner fell just outside of the top ten with $880,240 in sales, taking its total takings to $13.095m. Dumb and Dumber To was just ahead of it with $1.173m in its second week.

Title (Distributor) Weekend B/O Screens Total B/O
Taken 3 (Fox) $2,643,112 285 $11,447,920
Taken 3 (Fox) $2,643,112 285 $11,447,920
Unbroken (Universal) $2,138,044 292 $3,224,133
Unbroken (Universal) $2,138,044 292 $3,224,133
Into The Woods (Disney) $2,059,725 291 $8,853,253
Into The Woods (Disney) $2,059,725 291 $8,853,253
Paper Planes (Roadshow) $1,733,611 253 $3,477,450
Paper Planes (Roadshow) $1,733,611 253 $3,477,450
The Imitation Game (Roadshow) $1,670,327 249 $12,652,818
The Imitation Game (Roadshow) $1,670,327 249 $12,652,818
Birdman (Fox) $1,465,271 156 $2,603,687
Birdman (Fox) $1,465,271 156 $2,603,687
Big Hero 6 (Disney) $1,424,932 291 $19,149,123
Big Hero 6 (Disney) $1,424,932 291 $19,149,123
Penguins Of Madagascar (Fox) $1,390,943 397 $13,033,864
Penguins Of Madagascar (Fox) $1,390,943 397 $13,033,864
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (Wb) $1,370,142 383 $32,639,710
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (Wb) $1,370,142 383 $32,639,710
Dumb And Dumber To (Universal) $1,173,807 215 $5,445,870
Dumb And Dumber To (Universal) $1,173,807 215 $5,445,870
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