School holidays helps Paddington claim top place in the box office
School holiday friendly film Paddington has knocked Horrible Bosses 2 from the top of the box office rankings after pulling in $1.364m, taking its total Australian box office takings to $3.968m.
Horrible Bosses 2 was relegated to third places as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 held onto second place after grabbing $1.240m at the box office over the weekend. To date the film has made over $30m at the Australian box office.
A new comer to the box office was the remake of the musical Annie which took in $1.152m in its opening weekend.
Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods & Kings came in at sixth place after just missing out on taking a million over the weekend, with kids movie Alexander And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day beating it at fifth place after taking in $1.012m.
Interstellar continues to make the top ten after pulling in $474,922 over the weekend. Gone Girl slipped from the top ten into eleventh place after grabbing $62, 142, taking its total box office takings to $26.738m.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington (Studiocanal) | $1,364,853 | 0 | $3,968,171 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) | $1,240,152 | 0 | $30,791,300 |
| Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) | $1,197,631 | 0 | $4,635,320 |
| Annie (Roadshow) | $1,152,372 | 0 | $1,152,372 |
| Alexander And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day (Disney) | $1,012,292 | 0 | $5,254,607 |
| Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) | $947,349 | 0 | $7,023,174 |
| Interstellar (Wb) | $474,922 | 0 | $19,394,233 |
| Nightcrawler (Madman) | $163,551 | 0 | $2,018,503 |
| My Old Lady (Eone) | $65,276 | 0 | $2,454,824 |
| Folies Bergere (Palace) | $65,064 | 0 | $400,307 |
| Gone Girl (Fox) | $62,142 | 0 | $26,738,545 |
| 20,000 Days On Earth (Madman) | $55,500 | 0 | $409,747 |
| Cong Cong Na Nian (Chinalion Film) | $47,929 | 0 | $195,445 |
| Pride (Eone) | $33,881 | 0 | $2,901,199 |
| Let's Be Cops (Fox) | $29,320 | 0 | $4,331,879 |
| Lingaa (Ayngaran Video) | $13,370 | 0 | $151,988 |
| Winter Sleep (Sharmill) | $11,968 | 0 | $209,923 |
| National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (Sharmill) | $10,244 | 0 | $107,976 |
| Whiplash (Sony) | $9,816 | 0 | $667,764 |
| Love, Rosie (Studiocanal) | $9,330 | 0 | $1,766,490 |
