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Aussie box office report: Dressmaker hits $16 million

The Dressmaker has cruised past $16 million at the box office taking total earnings of Australian films and feature documentaries past $85 million.

Jocelyn Moorehouse's dramedy collected $566,000 on 263 screens in its sixth weekend ranking at number seven. This was a drop of 37 per cent.

Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 held on to top spot taking $2.8 million on 290 screens, an easing of 46 per cent.

However, Hunger Games: Mockingjay ($22.3) is unlikely to catch the latest instalment of the Bond series, Spectre, which has reached accumulated takings of $29.1 million in its fourth week.

Spectre amassed more than $2 million last week, a drop of just 39 per cent, according to Rentrak's estimates.

The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on December 17 is looking like the box office cut off point for the final Hunger Games and Spectre.

Sony's 3D animated fantasy-comedy Hotel Transylvania 2 took $1.4 million, a drop of 33 per cent in its second week, taking its total to $4.3 million.

Rocky fans continued to show for the Ryan Coogler directed, Creed, starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone.

Creed raked in $1.2 million in its second week on 199 screens – a fall of 29 per cent.

The Ron Howard directred In the Heart of Sea, starring Chris Hemsworth, had a meagre opening weekend of $865,000 on 254 screens, while The Night Before, starring Seth Rogan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie claimed sixth spot in its first week with $785,000.

But the flop of the week goes to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's jaunt as itinerant married artists, By the Sea.

This dropped to 18th spot taking just 43,000 on 50 screens in its second week.

Love the Coopers, the holiday family flick about the dysfunctional Coopers held on to eighth spot in its second week dropping 34 per cent with $259,000.

After a solid opening, the on-screen reunion of Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in romantic drama Tamasha fell from eight to 14th spot in its second week taking $49,000 a drop of 81 per cent.

While, the story of drug cheat Lance Armstrong has also crashed and burned. 

The Program, directed by Steven Frears and starring Ben Foster faded into obscurity with $32,000 on 27 screens in its second week.

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