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Box Office: The Boys are Back breaks $1m

[Mon 23/11/2009 04:55:20]

By Adam Coleman

Scott Hicks-directed The Boys are Back has broken through the $1 million barrier after only its second week at the Australian box office.

The Hopscotch-distributed film took $404,100 over the weekend across 163 screens for a screen average of $2,479 . The Boys are Back is now the ninth Australian film to break the $1 million barrier this year, having taken $1,196,326.

Another Hopscotch-distributed film, Bright Star, will soon grace local screens when it is released on December 26. The Jane Campion-directed period drama about romantic poet John Keats has already grossed more than $US4 million ($4.35 million) after nine weeks in the US.

Meanwhile, the highest grossing local release this year, Mao’s Last Dancer is fast approaching $15 million. Bruce Beresford’s epic about the life of dancer Li Cunxin is now the 12th highest grossing local film ever at the Australian box office.

The total box office for 2009 local releases is $32,446,789.

 

Film
 Budget
 Distributor
 Opening w/e
Weeks
 Box Office
Mao's Last Dancer
 $25.8m
 Roadshow/Hopscotch
 $   2,754,620
8
 $ 14,415,835
Charlie & Boots
 $8m est.
 Paramount/Transmission
 $      810,270
12
 $   3,844,909
Samson and Delilah
 $1.6m
 Para/Trans/Footprint
 $      199,163
22
 $   3,173,103
Beautiful Kate
 $6m
 Roadshow
 $      273,582
16
 $   1,617,508
Mary and Max
 $8m
 Icon
 $      217,176
15
 $   1,444,617
Balibo
 $4.5m
 Para/Trans/Footprint
 $      206,290
15
 $   1,324,683
The Boys are Back
 $16m
 Hopscotch
 $      473,339
2
 $   1,196,326
Disgrace
 $10m
 Icon
 $      209,014
15
 $   1,166,294
My Year Without Sex
 $3.8m
 Para/Trans/Footprint
 $      177,522
19
 $   1,127,838
Love the Beast
 
 Madman
 $      241,982
9
 $      777,351
The Combination
 $1.169m
 Australian Film Syndicate
 $      188,054
11
 $      727,586
Blessed
 $4m
 Icon
 $        67,186
10
 $      455,062
Last Ride
 $4m
 Madman
 $        76,459
13
 $      369,712
Wake in Fright
 $700000*
 Madman
 $        25,446
17
 $      310,725
Two Fists One Heart
 $8.5m
 BVI
 $        96,999
2
 $      305,300
Van Dieman's Land
 
 Madman
 $        39,939
9
 $      279,943
Subdivision
 $4m est.
 BVI
 $        86,649
3
 $      206,350
Cedar Boys
 $1.36m
 Hoyts/Mushroom
 $        74,793
5
 $      204,160
Stone Bros.
 
 Australian Film Syndicate
 $        22,702
8
 $        91,148
The Marriage of Figaro
$400,000
 Australian Film Syndicate
 $        13,693
9
 $        87,846
Beautiful
 $2m
 Kojo/Jump Street
 $        22,406
6
 $        55,619
Closed for Winter
 $2m
 Omnilab Media
 $        19,449
6
 $        53,370
Shadows of the Past
 820000
 Summer Night
 $        13,927
16
 $        48,205
$9.99
 $4m
 Icon
 $        15,847
4
 $        47,520
Prime Mover
 
 Para/Trans/Jetty
 $          8,192
4
 $        46,503
Lake Mungo
 
 Darclight films
 $          9,730
5
 $        39,000
Bastardy
 260000
 Film Camp
 $          7,822
8
 $        37,570
Coffin Rock
 $2.1m
 AI Entertainment
 $          9,846
4
 $        30,634
Lucky Country
 $2m est.
 Para/Trans/Footprint
 $        11,413
4
 $        26,141
The Burning Season
 
 Gil Scrine/Freshwater
 $          3,848
5
 $        21,017
The Chifleys of Busby St
 
 Ronin
 $          3,760
 
 $        13,658
Crush
 $2m
 Filmscope/Odin's Eye
 $          8,304
1
 $        13,051
Three Blind Mice
 
 Odin's Eye/Titan View
 $          2,988
4
 $          7,416
Bad Bush
 
 VVVF
 $          1,909
 
 $          3,961
Salvation
 
 Hopscotch
 $          2,262
1
 $          3,182
Prey
 $4m
 Damage Releasing
 $          1,089
 
 $          1,089

 

 

 

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