‘La La Land’ (Photo Credit: Dale Robinette)
Universal’s Sing remains on top of the Aussie box office, collecting weekend takings of $2.315 million from 310 screens. The animated film, now in its third week on screens, has a cume of $22.3 million.
Fellow musical La La Land was just a hair behind, earning $2.306 million from 210 screens. The eOne film boasts the better screen average, at $11,088 per location compared to Sing’s $7,641, and is up 36 per cent, a boost most likely thanks to its seven Golden Globe wins last week. The awards season favourite, also recently nominated for 11 BAFTA Awards, sits on a total of $11.2 million after three weeks.
In a close third position was Moana, which fell 30 per cent to take $2.1 million. The Disney film has made $19.5 million since its release on Boxing Day.
Roadshow’s sci-fi Passengers had weekend takings of $2 million, bringing its cume to $11.3 million.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, now in its fifth week, took $1.9 million. The Disney title has now tallied a whopping $47.1 million overall in Oz.
Paramount’s action-comedy Monster Trucks debuted in sixth position, earning $1.4 million from 228 screens.
Fox’s Assassin’s Creed, directed by Aussie Justin Kurzel, earned $1.3 million over the weekend, and now sits on $8.2 million.
Each in their third week, Paramount’s Allied earned $1.1 million, while Fox’s Why Him? made $979,882. They’re sitting on $10.2 million and $9.5 million respectively.
Rounding out the top ten was StudioCanal’s Ballerina, which debuted on $910,569 from 223 screens.
Roadshow’s Red Dog: True Blue, still on 305 screens, has slipped out of the top ten, with weekend earnings of $503,014 – a fall of 46 per cent. The Kriv Stenders film has made $6.3 million so far.