Raunchy Kiwi comedy 'The Breaker Upperers' was the stand-out among the new releases in Australian cinemas last weekend.
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Universal Pictures’ 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' was the dominant title in Australia last weekend, opening better than the original and outgunning 'The Equalizer 2'
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson might have more fans pro-rata in Australia than in the US, judging by the weekend opening figures for Skyscraper.
The sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 thriller 'Sicario' has a new director but no Emily Blunt, which may partly explain why 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' posted modest opening figures in the US and Australia last weekend.
Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s 'Jurassic World' was such a global phenomenon in 2015, amassing $US652 million in the US and more than $US1 billion internationally, the top brass never expected the sequel to reach those lofty heights.
Disney/Pixar executives might be wondering why they waited 14 years to greenlight a sequel to 'The Incredibles' after the family film smashed records for a Disney animated title in Australia and the US last weekend.
Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s female-driven caper 'Ocean’s 8' smashed opening records for the franchise in Australia and the US last weekend while horror/thriller fans flocked to the Toni Collette starrer 'Hereditary'.
The top brass at Disney/Lucasfilm are pondering why 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' didn’t fly anywhere near as high as they expected in the US and internationally, including Australia, last weekend.