The Sapphires adds $2m at box office as The Bourne Legacy debuts
Aussie film The Sapphires added almost another $2m to its total at the box office over the weekend.
The comedy musical about an all-girl, Indigenous film, distributed by eOne/Hopscotch, took $1.964m in its second weekend.
Across the 280 screens, the film had a screen average of $7,017.The film, directed by Wayne Blair and produced by Rosemary Blight and Kyle Du Fresne for Goalpost Films has now taken $5.599m in total at the box office, after a first weekend taking of $2.3m.
The film was second to The Bourne Legacy, distributed by Universal, in its first week of release.
Particularly loved The Sapphires and will go again with people who want to jump up and dance at the end – wearing their best empire line 60s cocktail dress!