Warner Bros’ 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel worked its magic on moviegoers last weekend, ringing up $253.6 million worldwide as the Australian opening outshone the US debut.
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Given the challenging subject, Joel Edgerton’s gay conversion therapy drama 'Boy Erased' opened very respectably in Australia last weekend, its first international market after platforming in the US.
Freddie Mercury gave his final live performance as the front-man of Queen in England in 1986, so it’s clear the Bohemian Rhapsody movie is drawing a lot of moviegoers who either were born after that or were not huge fans of the band.
John Carpenter’s 40-year-old 'Halloween' franchise traditionally has been much more potent in the US than in the rest of the world but Jamie Lee Curtis’ visit to Australia last week helped ensure a sturdy opening for the latest iteration.
While Hollywood films usually open day-and-date in Australia, staggering the release here can a smart tactic, and so it proved last weekend for A Star Is Born.
Universal’s 'First Man' has an Academy Award-winning director in Damien Chazelle, an Oscar-lauded writer in Josh Singer and stars two-time Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling. But that combination did not catapult the Neil Armstrong biopic to great heights.
The critics hated 'Venom', blasted as a “puddle of simplistic, sanitized PG-13 drivel” and clumsy, monolithic and fantastically boring. Audiences must be watching a different movie.
While children’s and family titles understandably are dominating ticket sales during the school vacation, Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black' looked smart in its second weekend.