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Box office: Samson steaming towards $2m
[Fri 12/06/2009 11:27:58]
By Simon de Bruyn
Samson and Delilah is expected to hit $2 million this weekend, while My Year Without Sex has maintained its momentum in its second week, to end with just over $530,000.
Both films are being distributed by Footprint Films, in conjunction with Paramount/Transmission. Forthcoming films from this partnership are Lucky Country on July 16 and Balibo on August 13.
Shadows of the Past has also reached $27,500 in its fourth week playing select regional locations.
Film
Budget
Distributor
Opening w/e
WIR
Box Office
Samson and Delilah
$1.6m
Para/Trans/Footprint
$199,163
5
$ 1,793,759
Mary and Max
$8m
Icon
$217,176
9
$1,379,143
Love the Beast
Madman
$241,982
9
$777,351
The Combination
$1.169m
AFS
$188,054
11
$727,586
My Year Without Sex
$3.8m
Para/Trans/Footprint
$177,461
2
$532,152
Two Fists, One Heart
$8.5m
BVI
$96,999
2
$295,500
Beautiful
$2m
Kojo/Jump Street
$22,406
6
$55,619
Closed for Winter
$2m
Omnilab Media
$19,449
6
$48,197
Shadows of the Past
$820,000
Summer Night Productions
$13,927
4
$27,487
The Chifleys of Busby St
Ronin
$3,760
1
$13,123
Crush
$2m
Filmscope/Odin's Eye
previews
N/A
$13,051
Salvation
Hopscotch
$2,262
1
$3,182
Prey
$4m
Damage Releasing
$1,089
1
$1,089
WIR = Weeks in release. Sources: MPDAA & Inside Film
