By Brendan Swift
New Zealand romantic comedy Separation City has taken more than $15,000 in its opening weekend.
The feature, starring Joel Edgerton and TV star Rhona Mitra, was shown on 15 screens resulting in a subdued screen average of just $1,019.
Meanwhile, another limited release, Girl Clock!, continued a solid run across three Brisbane cinemas.
The low-budget comedy, which was shown at the recent Australian Film Festival, took a further $7,418 in its second week, boosting its overall tally to $20,092.
Among major releases, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp and Australia’s Mia Wasikowska, took more than $10.3 million in its opening weekend.
The result, accrued across 448 screens, bolstered its screen average to an impressive $23,163.
Only two major Australian films are currently being shown in cinemas and both are nearing the end of their run.
Indigenous musical Bran Nue Dae added a further $77,159 across its 93 screens. It has now taken $7.23 million at the box office in its eighth week.
And vampire film Daybreakers added $20,524 across just 21 screens in its fifth week at cinemas, pushing its total to just over $2.42 million.
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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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Screen avg (no. screens)
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Box Office
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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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$830 (93)
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$7,231,477
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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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$977 (21)
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$2,420,558
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Girl Clock!
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The Pack
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$4,061
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$2,473 (3)
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$20,092
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Separation City
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$4.8m
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Hoyts
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$15,278
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$1,019 (15)
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$15,278
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Total
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$9,687,405
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