Bruce Beresford’s 'Ladies in Black' opened impressively last weekend, considering that the primary target audience - mature cinemagoers - don't normally rush out to see films in the first weekend.
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Glowing reviews and copious publicity for Mark Grentell’s 'The Merger' and Jeremy Sims’ feature documentary 'Wayne' counted for very little.
Warner Bros’ 'Crazy Rich Asians' has been hailed as a game-changer in the US and is now wowing Australian cinemagoers.
Jimmy Barnes fans turned out for Mark Joffe’s Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy which opened wide but on limited sessions in a slow weekend at Australian cinemas.
It’s not exactly Jaws but underwater thriller The Meg has outperformed pundits’ predictions in the US, China and other markets, although the Australian opening last weekend was less potent.
The Kate McKinnon-Mila Kunis starrer The Spy Who Dumped Me might have been a metaphor for how moviegoers felt about last weekend’s new releases
Testament to the undimmed star power of Tom Cruise, the sixth edition of the 22-year-old 'Mission: Impossible' franchise dominated ticket sales around the world last weekend.