Australian film Oddball has reached fourth spot at the Australian box office in its first week of release.
Produced by WTFN Entertainment, the film took $2.68 million in seven days plus $83,000 from previews, trailing Universal's Everest and the second weeks of Fox's Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and Sony's Pixels.
WTFN’s chief executive, Daryl Talbot said: “The Australian film market is very competitive and the performance of Oddball shows that audiences resonate with real characters and well-told stories," he said.
"WTFN couldn’t be more delighted with the way our first feature film has been received.”
"While the film performed well after its release on September 17, it has gone into overdrive since school holidays began this week, doubling its take in two days.
Oddball stars Shane Jacobson as Alan ‘Swampy’ Marsh, who trains his Maremma dog Oddball to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from foxes. The film is showing nationally now, distributed by Roadshow.