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Ride Like a Girl tops Australian box office, takes $1.7m in first weekend

October 1, 2019 10:04

Rachel Griffiths’ directorial debut Ride Like a Girl, the story of jockey Michelle Payne who became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015, has topped the Australian box office on its opening weekend, taking $1.665m across 270 screens.

The film, which stars Teresa Palmer as Payne alongside Sam Neill and Brooke Satchwell, toppled Downton Abbey which has held the top spot for two weeks and took a further $1.418m across 306 screens over the weekend, adding to a total of $9.61m.

Teresa Palmer plays jockey Michelle Payne in Ride Like a Girl

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Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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