Red 2 tops Aussie box office
Action comedy sequel Red 2 starring Bruce Willis has taken top honours at the Australian box office over the weekend, its first weekend in the local market.
The Hopscotch/eOne distributed film premiered on 246 screens and took $1,450,315. The distributor also took out second place with Now You See Me making $1,366,459 across 244 screens in its fourth weekend. Elysium, last weekend’s box office topper, slipped back to third place taking $1,324,258 across 280 screens.
Several other films premiered over the weekend including the Steve Jobs biopic Jobs which made just $571,837 on 179 screens and the Morgan Spurlock directed documentary about boy band One Direction, One Direction: This is us, which made $135,418 across 67 screens.
BOX OFFICE TOP 20
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 2 (Eone /hopscotch) | $1,450,315 | 264 | $1,450,315 |
| Now You See Me (Eone /hopscotch) | $1,366,459 | 244 | $12,716,065 |
| Elysium (Sony) | $1,324,258 | 280 | $8,949,397 |
| We're The Millers (Wb) | $977,337 | 299 | $6,566,572 |
| The Mortal Instruments: The City Of Bones (Roadshow) | $703,569 | 230 | $2,663,847 |
| Jobs (Pinnacle Films) | $571,837 | 179 | $571,837 |
| Kick-ass 2 (Universal) | $463,682 | 199 | $1,874,648 |
| The Best Offer (Paramount) | $365,642 | 110 | $388,532 |
| The Wolverine (Fox) | $168,981 | 125 | $15,529,624 |
| One Direction: This Is Us (Sony) | $135,418 | 67 | $135,418 |
| You're Next (Icon) | $133,922 | 56 | $146,522 |
| Despicable Me 2 (Universal) | $112,138 | 150 | $35,479,807 |
| The Conjuring (Wb) | $110,715 | 89 | $8,701,821 |
| Pompeii: Captured Live From The British Museum (Sharmill) | $91,355 | 41 | $91,355 |
| Stoker (Fox) | $73,354 | 22 | $74,620 |
| Pain & Gain (Paramount) | $69,830 | 86 | $3,479,655 |
| What Maisie Knew (Madman) | $65,072 | 37 | $289,016 |
| Behind The Candelabra (Roadshow) | $57,151 | 90 | $2,653,683 |
| The Rocket (Curious Films) | $55,009 | 11 | $147,466 |
| The Heat (Fox) | $48,017 | 58 | $14,961,232 |
Data courtesy of MPDAA.
