The popularity of animated sequels Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 2 has driven the Australian box office to its highest weekend gross since last year’s Christmas holidays.
Inside Out 2 posted a small 18 per cent decline in its second weekend to take $7.47 million. It was the highest second weekend for a Walt Disney Animation Studios/Pixar film, beating Finding Dory in 2016 ($7.43 million). The film has now taken $19.13 million in just two weeks.
Despicable Me 4 opened with a strong $7.02 million across 660 screens. The combination of the two films, as well as Bad Boys: Ride or Die ($1.62 million) pushed the weekend box office to $18.7 million. The last time it surpassed that level was the December 31, 2023 weekend, when the box office hit $20 million.
The Garfield Movie took $359,670 in fourth place, pushing its total to $7.86 million, while Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga edged closer to the $10 million mark after taking $328,063 across 244 screens. It represented a 40 per cent drop over the previous weekend after losing 69 screens.
Australian-New Zealand co-production The Convert, starring Guy Pearce and Te Kohe Tuhaka, opened moderately with $126,595 across 97 screens. Bill Bennett’s The Way, My Way passed the $1.5 million mark after taking another $73,183 in its sixth week. The film, distributed by Maslo Entertainment, was shown across 108 screens.
Australian box office data is sourced via Numero.
Australian films box office performance (2024)
| Film | Budget (est) | Distributor | Opening w/e | Weeks | Box office |
| Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | $400m est. | Warner Bros. | $3.33m | 5 | $9,722,634 |
| Force of Nature: The Dry 2 | Roadshow | $1.6m | 13 | $7.31m | |
| The Way, My Way | – | Maslow Entertainment | $218,163 | 6 | $1,525,953 |
| Late Night With The Devil | – | Maslow Entertainment | $242,000 | 10 | $912,000 |
| The Road to Patagonia | Madman | 18 | $391,000 | ||
| Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back | Maslow Entertainment | $88,000 | 9 | $365,278 | |
| The Trust Fall: Julian Assange | Journeyman Pictures/Films For Change | $1300 | 21 | $336,000 | |
| Before Dawn | $10m | Umbrella | $99,971 | 9 | $264,000 |
| Just a Farmer | $1.9m | VAM Paddock Productions | $40,070 | 9 | $143,000 |
| The Convert | Kismet Movies | $126,595 | 1 | $132,568 | |
| The Rooster | Bonsai Films | $24,480 | 15 | $72,000 | |
| The Emu War | – | Umbrella Entertainment | – | 17 | $13,298 |
| TOTAL | $19.72m |
Films shot in Australia box office performance (2024)
| Film | Budget (est) | Distributor | Opening w/e | Weeks | Box office |
| Anyone But You* | $US25m | Sony | $2.87m | 15 | $22.64m |
| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | $US135-$US150m | Warner Bros. | $5.6m | 12 | $18.86m |
| The Fall Guy | $US125m | Universal | $3.7m | 9 | $14.08m |
| Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | $US160m | Disney | $3.78m | 7 | $12.14m |
| TOTAL | $67.72m |