John Sheedy and Jack Thompson on the set of 'Runt'.

Aus film ‘Runt’ climbs to $1.64m at local box office

Family film Runt has climbed to $1.64 million at the box office in its first full week at cinemas.

The film, based on Craig Silvey’s best-selling novel, was shown on 302 screens and posted a healthy screen average of $4084, according to Numero data.

The film is now poised to go past The Way, My Way, which is the currently the second highest grossing local film of the year with $1.83 million.

Reviews have been solid for the film while the NSW school holidays, which begin on Monday, is also...