Spider-Man and Toy Story 4 continue to dominate school holiday box office
Spider-Man: Far From Home has continued its winning box office streak bringing in $6.5 million across 722 screens over the weekend. Despite a 37% drop from last weekend, the latest instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe hit a running total in Australia of $28.686 million.
In second place Pixar’s Toy Story 4 also maintained its strong showing for the school holidays just down by 3% from the previous weekend, taking $5.1 Million across 445 screens. The latest installation of the animated toys’ adventures has now taken $34 million inAustralia.
The Secret Life of Pets 2 experienced a bump from school holidays in its fourth weekend. The animated movie from Universal focuses on Max the terrier, whose owner has recently gotten married and had a baby. The film earned $2.387 million across 318 screens, a 25% increase from the previous weekend, making its total earnings $11.7m.
The live-action remake of Disney’s Aladdin also experienced a school-holidays bonus, jumping up to fifth position in its eighth weekend and earning $872,000 from 495 screens.
Beatles-inspired romicom Yesterday slipped to fourth after debuting in second place two weeks ago. Its weekend earnings of $1.656 million added to its running total of $9.588 million in Australia.
The school holidays proved a tough environment for the weekend’s debutants: horror film Crawl, comedy Stuber and independent comedy Booksmart, which came in seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.
Crawl, a film about killer alligators infesting homes after a hurricane in Florida, brought in $600,502 across 183 screens. Stuber received $554,806 across 244 screens, and Booksmart, which stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as over achieving high school students, earned just $443,976 from 221 screens.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-man: Far From Home (Sony) | $6,549,264 | 722 | $28,697,039 |
| Toy Story 4 (Disney) | $5,147,618 | 445 | $34,569,179 |
| The Secret Life Of Pets 2 (Universal) | $2,387,071 | 318 | $15,653,772 |
| Yesterday (Universal) | $1,656,858 | 287 | $9,783,772 |
| Aladdin (live Action) (Disney) | $872,134 | 495 | $33,955,526 |
| Annabelle Comes Home (Wb) | $661,120 | 219 | $5,041,103 |
| Crawl (Paramount) | $600,502 | 183 | $600,502 |
| Stuber (Fox) | $554,806 | 244 | $554,806 |
| Booksmart (Universal) | $443,976 | 221 | $497,513 |
| After (Roadshow) | $409,227 | 179 | $1,813,907 |
| Rocketman (Paramount) | $378,429 | 155 | $19,348,618 |
| Men In Black: International (Sony) | $246,626 | 159 | $9,801,926 |
| Mystify Michael Hutchence (Madman) | $179,162 | 79 | $760,921 |
| Parasite (Madman) | $151,127 | 38 | $1,033,555 |
| John Wick: Chapter Three (Studiocanal) | $87,102 | 48 | $15,509,120 |
| Never Look Away (Sony) | $80,508 | 30 | $546,571 |
| Kabir Singh (Southern Star) | $76,396 | 14 | $1,099,494 |
| Red Joan (Transmission) | $74,419 | 59 | $2,294,983 |
| An Unexpected Love (Palace) | $69,964 | 19 | $293,058 |
| Apollo 11 (Madman) | $59,721 | 1 | $85,330 |
These figures are not surprising. The most popular films will always be the well scripted, theatrically constructed and directed stories.
Many an Australian wannabe filmmaker ( and most of the established ones) should look beyond the hype, the special effects, and the camera angles, and start feeling the heart of real filmmaking.
We make a lot of film and television drama in this country, but most of it is schlock.
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