Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson in The Hateful Eight.
In its first proper week of release after roadshow outings, The Hateful Eight has landed on top at the local box office.
Quentin Tarantino's western chamber piece rang up $2.3 million over the weekend on 239 screens, bringing its total to $3.3 million.
It beat The Revenant, another revenge western and last week's champ at the local BO, which dropped thirty-eight percent for a weekend gross of $2.2 million on 244 screens.
The Alejandro González Iñárritu epic has now pulled in $13.2 million after three weeks.
The Jack Black-starring Goosebumps remained strong in its second week, making $1.9 million over the weekend to bring its cume to $6.4 million.
While Disney's Star Wars: The Force Awakens rang up $1.9 million in its sixth week – a thirty-nine percent drop from last week.
J.J. Abrams' film has now racked up $88.2 million at the Australian box office.
The PGA-annointed The Big Short took $1.2 million over the weekend for a total of $3.8 million after two weeks, while Universal's The Danish Girl was something of a damp squib in its opening week despite a generous amount of publicity, pulling in $830,111 on 127 screens.
Transmission's Carol rang up $426,555 in its second week, down forty-two percent to bring its total to $1.6 million, while Suffragette made $163,077 over the weekend and now sits at $3.8 million after five weeks.
Another year-end prestige release, Joy, dropped sixty-two percent in its fifth week for a weekend pot of $122,473, bringing its overall gross to $7.8 million.
Of Australian holdovers, The Dressmaker rang up $97,583 over the weekend to bring its cume to $19,710,549; David Caesar's Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows has made $45,469 after four weeks; while Peter Andrikidis' Alex and Eve has pulled in $543,593 after fourteen weeks.
Room, starring Oscar-frontrunner Brie Larson, previewed on 61 screens and took in $141,271, while eOne's critically-garlanded Spotlight previewed on 11 screens for receipts of $88,521.