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Box Office: Wog Boy 2 posts $1.8m
[Tue 25/05/2010 10:22:36]
By Brendan Swift
The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 has posted the biggest opening weekend for an Australian film this year after taking more than $1.8 million at the box office.
The Paramount-Transmission distributed comedy posted an impressive screen average of $9009 across 203 screens and was second over the weekend only to Robin Hood. The Ridley Scott blockbuster, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, took another $3.6 million in its second week to pass the $11.1 million mark in total.
The sequel to the original Wog Boy - which took almost $11.5 million a decade ago - heralds the return of Steve Karamitsis (Nick Giannopoulos) and Frank (Vince Colosimo) in a story that takes them from one Greek paradise (Melbourne) to another (Mykonos) in order to reclaim a family inheritance.
The managing director of Transmission Films, Richard Payten, said the result shows there is a real appetite for Australian mainstream comedies. "Nick and his team know their audience so well and have proven that for a second time," he said in a statement.
The Kings of Mykonos' opening weekend result is the tenth biggest in Australian history and this year ranks only behind indigenous comedy Bran Nue Dae, which opened with $1.6 million in January.
Meanwhile, Peter Helliar's comedy I Love You Too added a further $253,964 in its third week across 214 screens. Its screen average dropped to $1187.
War film Beneath Hill 60 added another $67,441 across 59 screens for a screen average of $1143.
Film
Budget
Distributor
Opening w/e
Box Office
Bran Nue Dae
$6.5m
Roadshow
$1,612,102
$7,509,061
Beneath Hill 60
$9.5m
Paramount/Transmission
$548,694
$2,988,877
Daybreakers
$20m est.
Hoyts
$1,064,244
$2,448,050
I Love You Too
$6m
Roadshow
$113,483
$2,160,345
Bright Star
$16.7m est.
Roadshow/Hopscotch
-
$2,157,601
The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2
$6m est.
Paramount/Transmission
$1,828,902
$1,828,902
Accidents Happen
-
Hopscotch
$39,721
$143,892
Love, Lust & Lies
-
Beyond Entertainment
$20,674
$56,713
Girl Clock!
$1m
Self-distributed
$8,857
$43,434
Separation City
$4.8m
Hoyts
$15,278
$32,159
Triangle
$8m est
Icon
$6,081
$11,282
Going Vertical
-
The Pack/Blue Sea Films
$3,879
$9,699
Playing For Charlie
-
The Pack
$2,665
$5,576
Savages Crossing
$3.5m
MediaKin/GAP
$4,432
$4,432
Total
$19,367,864
Source: MPDAA, INSIDEFILM. Separation City is a NZ film. Bright Star released Dec 26, 2009; tally does not include 2009 box office.
