Star Wars: The Last Jedi delivers Australia’s second-biggest opening weekend of all time
Stars Wars: The Last Jedi has become one of the highest-performing films in Australian box office history, cracking more than $20m in its first weekend.
Running across 970 screens, it became the second-highest opening weekend for a film in Australian history, just behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In 2015, Stars Wars: The Force Awakens took $27m on its first weekend.
The eighth instalment of the Star Wars saga knocked Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 out of second place, which had opening weekend earnings of $18.364m.
In second place this weekend was Fox’s Ferdinand – the children’s film about a young bull who tries to escape a training camp in rural Spain.
According to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report, the film made $1.682m on its first weekend.
Falling from first place last week to third was Roadshow’s Wonder, which collected an additional $1.125m over the weekend.
On its first weekend, Wonder made $2.407m.
In fourth place was Daddy’s Home 2, which made $915,793, a massive drop from last weekend’s earnings of $2.002m.
Justice League fell from second place to fifth over the weekend, adding $402,278 to its total earnings.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney) | $20,977,461 | 970 | $20,977,461 |
| Ferdinand (Fox) | $1,682,755 | 290 | $2,512,451 |
| Wonder (Roadshow) | $1,125,570 | 290 | $8,235,469 |
| Daddy's Home 2 (Paramount) | $915,793 | 285 | $10,621,813 |
| Justice League (Wb) | $402,278 | 261 | $19,165,522 |
| Murder On The Orient Express (Fox) | $322,509 | 229 | $14,986,491 |
| The Disaster Artist (Wb) | $293,442 | 196 | $1,569,865 |
| Thor: Ragnarok (Disney) | $247,361 | 160 | $34,596,532 |
| The Star (Sony) | $95,224 | 57 | $817,273 |
| Goodbye Christoper Robin (Fox) | $60,540 | 104 | $1,471,041 |
| Bad Moms 2 (Roadshow) | $48,271 | 50 | $10,092,739 |
| Wonder Wheel (Eone) | $39,418 | 64 | $177,310 |
| The Secret Scripture (Transmission) | $32,533 | 32 | $119,036 |
| The Teacher (Palace) | $31,852 | 22 | $441,172 |
| Unexpectedly Yours (Abs-cbn Distributors) | $29,510 | 11 | $29,510 |
| Loving Vincent (Madman) | $28,974 | 33 | $999,754 |
| The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (Madman) | $28,827 | 25 | $566,552 |
| The Man Who Invented Christmas (Icon) | $23,788 | 69 | $496,933 |
| Fukrey Returns (Zee Studios) | $20,313 | 16 | $98,127 |
| The Snowman (Universal) | $15,939 | 5 | $1,591,195 |
