Indigenous drama Mad Bastards posted a modest opening at the Australian Box Office over the weekend.
The Brendan Fletcher film, distributed by Paramount/Transmission, took in $81,597 nationwide across 27 screens, giving it a screen average of $3022.
The film, starring non-actors, follows TJ – a hard-edged aboriginal who travels north from Perth in search of his son. Upon his arrival, TJ is confronted by the equally tough local cop Texas. And so begins a story about hard men battling to do the right thing by their family.
It had a positive response from both critics and theatre-goers at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
In other films, Fast and Furious 5 and Thor continued their dominance Down Under in their third week.
Fast and Furious 5, which provided Universal Pictures Australia with their biggest opening week for a film ever, made another $1.84 million across 349 screens. Although this was down 55 per cent on last week, it has netted $21.6 million in total.
Paramount’s Thor, starring our own Chris Hemsworth, continued its run in second spot, taking a further $1.7 million, from 387 screens. It's now made almost $15 million in Australia.
Hopscotch flick Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, made an impressive $1.5 million from 201 screens, giving it a screen average of $7566 in its first weekend.
Taking out the top five was Hoyts' Something Borrowed, which made $1.4 million from 249 screens in its first weekend, while Warner Bros' Arthur took in $476,469 across 222 screens.
See the April/May copy of IF Magazine for a full feature on Mad Bastards and Thor.
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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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Sanctum
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$30m
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Universal
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$1,595,021
|
$3,838,154
|
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Wasted On The Young
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|
Paramount
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$52,118
|
$138,724
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|
Griff The Invisible
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$2m
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Paramount/Transmission
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$66,344
|
$198,072
|
|
The Reef
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$3.8m
|
Pinnacle Films
|
$58,196
|
$124,764
|
|
A Heartbeat Away
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$7m
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Hoyts
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$44,204
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$118,658
|
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Mad Bastards
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$3.2m
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Transmission
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$81,597
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$81,597
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Source: IF, MPDAA