Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Warner Bros' Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has topped the box office, debuting with a whopping $9.7 million. The J.K. Rowling penned prequel to the Harry Potter franchise opened on 287 screens; an average of $33,705.
A long way behind was Disney's Doctor Strange, which took $1.2 million; a fall of 53 per cent. With four week on screens, the Marvel film has amassed $18 million overall.
Roadshow's Arrival, now in its second week, dropped 47 per cent to take $1.2 million. The aIien sci-fi has made $4.1 million so far.
Icon's Hacksaw Ridge dropped 38 per cent in its third week to bring in $824,687. Mel Gibson's directorial comeback now sits just under $5 million overall.
The Accountant took $681,800 over its third weekend; WB's action thriller now sits on $4.4 million. Also in its third week, eOne's Michael Fassbender-starrer The Light Between Oceans collected $326,851, bringing its total to $2.1 million.
Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals, now in its second week, took $308,189. The Universal title sits on $1.2 million overall. Behind it was eOne's The Girl on The Train, which took $224,613, taking its cume to $15.5 million.
China Lion Entertainment's satire I Am Not Madame Bovary – showing on only 15 screens – debuted with $83,402; an impressive screen average of $5,560.
Rounding out the top ten was Paramount's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which has now taken $6.2 million after five weeks.
Ronin's feature documentary Ella, the story of the first Indigenous dancer in the Australian Ballet, opened on $4,238 from just four screens; an average of $1,060.
Joe Cinque's Consolation, still on six screens after six weeks, has made $179,009 overall. Pinnacle Films' The Legend of Ben Hall has already picked up $8,224; it opens officially December 1. Cinema Live's Australian Ballet: Cinderella, on two screens, is on $21,783 after two weeks.