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Goddess posts $512,445 opening weekend
[Mon 18/03/2013 04:02:02]
By Brendan Swift
Australian musical Goddess has opened to moderate box office business after posting $512,445 in its opening weekend.
The film, which stars Laura Michelle Kelly, Ronan Keating and Magda Szubanski, was shown on 207 screens, giving it a screen average of $2476. In total, the Roadshow-distributed film has grossed $514,013.
It has been a disappointing start to the year for Australian films after sporting movies Save Your Legs! and Blinder were also distributed widely but failed to find a similarly broad audience.
Australian musicals have had something of a revival in recent times. Bran Nue Dae (also distributed by Roadshow) opened with $1.61 million across 231 screens in 2009 while last year's smash hit, The Sapphires, opened with $2.34 million across 279 screens for eOne/Hopscotch. However, the Hoyts-distributed A Heartbeat Away posted just $44,204 across 77 screens when it opened in 2011.
Among all films shown last weekend, the highest grossing was Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful, which took $2.97 million across 558 screens (for a screen average of $5330) in its second weekend. It was followed by The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (which opened with $1.09 million across 208 screens), 21 and Over ($600,231 across 170 screens), Goddess, and The Silver Linings Playbook ($480,965 across 187 screens).
That's better. The TV spots appear the last couple of days, the poster is catchy. Ronan and Magda brings star power to the movie.
Posted by Ryan.19/03/2013 01:41:56 AM
At this time last year (thanks to Happy Feet 2 and A Few Best Men) the Oz box office was close to $14M. The Great Gatsby will pump the stats when it's released, but the Australian Film Industry is far worse off than we imagine.
Posted by barrywatterson.19/03/2013 02:32:48 PM
A comparison with the UK box office shows how dire the Australian situation is. Leaving out Hollywood-funded, UK-shot films like Skyfall (something we are not doing with films like Gatsby), British-made films still accounted for 9 per cent of their box office last year. Australia continues to languish at 4-5 per cent.
Posted by Brendan Swift, IF Editor.19/03/2013 02:42:35 PM
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