By Sam Dallas
Facebook movie The Social Network has been boosted by word-of-mouth and opened at number one in Australia on the weekend.
The film, based on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and distributed by Sony Pictures, raked in $2.6 million across 285 screens in its first weekend, with a screen average of $9431.
Bruce Willis’ latest Red came in second with $1.7 million in its opening weekend across 223 screens.
Life As We Know It, which had funding from Village Roadshow, dropped down to fourth spot, making $1.2 million.
As far as Australian flicks go, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole made $99,755 and has now made a less-than-expected $4,485,645. In the US, it's made $US52.6 million.
Local teen action film Tomorrow, When The War Began – directed by Stuart Beattie – made $53,701 across 47 screens on the weekend and has now raked in $13,361,614 Down Under, however it still hasn't got a US distributor.
In its second weekend, Summer Coda made $36,498 across 24 screens while Australia/French co-production The Tree made $7,913 from nine screens.
Meanwhile Pinnacle Films' Road Train slipped from seven screens to only two, making $2413.
Sean Bryne's twisted tale The Loved Ones opens this Thursday.
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Film
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Budget
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Distributor
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Opening w/e
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Box Office
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Tomorrow …
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$27m est.
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Paramount
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$3,862,193
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$13,361,614
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Legend of the Guardians
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$100m est
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Roadshow
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$1,363,070
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$4,485,645
|
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The Tree
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At least $10m
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Transmission/Paramount
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$69,838
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$306,404
|
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Bran Nue Dae
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$6.5m
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Roadshow
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$1,612,102
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$7,637,358
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Animal Kingdom
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$5m est.
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Madman
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$604,139
|
$4,879,642
|
|
Beneath Hill 60
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$9.5m
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Paramount/Transmission
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$548,694
|
$3,209,471
|
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Daybreakers
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$20m est.
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Hoyts
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$1,064,244
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$2,448,050
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I Love You Too
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$6m
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Roadshow
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$113,483
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$2,361,411
|
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Bright Star
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$16.7m est.
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Roadshow/Hopscotch
|
–
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$2,157,601
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|
Boy
|
–
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Paramount/Transmission
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$275,026
|
$1,805,845
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Matching Jack
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$5m est.
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Fox
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$258,011
|
$807,621
|
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The Waiting City
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$2m est.
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Hopscotch
|
$136,892
|
$675,476
|
|
South Solitary
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$6.5m
|
Icon
|
$132,240
|
$628,700
|
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Accidents Happen
|
$6.5m est.
|
Hopscotch
|
$39,721
|
$157,131
|
|
Summer Coda
|
–
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Jump Street/Sharmill
|
$64,307
|
$144,895
|
|
Road Train
|
$2.2m
|
Pinnacle Films
|
$6,063
|
$10,284
|
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Love, Lust & Lies
|
–
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Beyond Entertainment
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$20,674
|
$136,595
|
|
Second Hand Wedding
|
–
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Potential/Arkles
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$13,680
|
$79,967
|
|
Lou
|
–
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Kojo Pictures
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$27,371
|
$59,505
|
|
Girl Clock!
|
$1m
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Self-distributed
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$8,857
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$51,728
|
|
Separation City
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$4.8m
|
Hoyts
|
$15,278
|
$32,159
|
|
Triangle
|
$8m est.
|
Icon
|
$6,081
|
$11,282
|
|
Going Vertical
|
–
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The Pack/Blue Sea Films
|
$3,879
|
$9,699
|
|
Savages Crossing
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$3.5m
|
MediaKin/GAP
|
$4,432
|
$8,651
|
|
The Nothing Men
|
|
Anchor Bay Films
|
$4,518
|
$6,679
|
|
Playing For Charlie
|
$1.2m
|
The Pack
|
$2,665
|
$5,867
|
|
The Horseman
|
$500,000
|
Umbrella Entertainment
|
$2,270
|
$3,328
|
|
The Tumbler
|
–
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The Pack
|
$203
|
$358
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