Poppy Stockell's 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' is already on a path to becoming one of the highest grossing Australian documentaries of all time.
While older audiences remain difficult to lure back to cinemas, Universal's 'Book Club 2: The Next Chapter' - squarely aimed at an older female demographic - opened much better in Australia, pro-rata, than it did in the US.
Disney/Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' scored the best opening for the franchise and the second highest opening of the year so far behind 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'.
'John Wick: Chapter 4' made light work of 'Shazam: Fury of the Gods' at the box office on the weekend, blasting its way to the top with $6.4 million from 542 screens.
The 'Creed' franchise has shown it can still draw a crowd without Rocky, with the third instalment - the first not to feature Sylvester Stallone - taking the top spot at the Australian box office on the weekend and surpassing $US100 million worldwide.
Marvel blockbuster 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' delivered exhibitors a box office boost last weekend, with its opening weekend the most successful in the 'Ant-Man' franchise so far.
In the US, M Night Shyamalan's 'Knock at the Cabin' finally dethroned 'Avatar: The Way of Water' after seven weekends at the top. However, here in Australia, audiences continued to prefer adventures in Pandora, with the James Cameron sequel now edging towards $90 million gross.
Indian spy thriller 'Pathaan', starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has enjoyed a bumper first weekend at the box office, coming in at no. 2 behind 'Avatar: The Way of Water'.