PREMIUM CONTENT
Subscribe to continue reading.
Keep connected to the Australian screen industry. With a subscription, you’ll get access to exclusive premium content including in-depth features, opinion, analysis and business and talent profiles. You can also upgrade to access our comprehensive In Production listings, covering hundreds of projects. Sign up with a 7 day free trial.
Australian kids film Runt has posted the third biggest opening weekend among local films this year after grossing $615,813 at the local box office.
The film, based on Craig Silvey’s best-selling novel of the same name, has taken almost $1.03 million in total when including preview screenings. That puts it behind only Australian blockbuster Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; local drama Force of Nature: The Dry 2, and the surprise hit The Way, My Way.
Runt was shown across 296 screen...