'M3GAN' and 'Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre' each enjoyed healthy debuts over the weekend, though 'Avatar: The Way of Water' remains far and away the main attraction at the box office.
'Avatar: The Way of Water' has proved the bumper summer hit exhibitors hoped it would be. Some four weekends in, the James Cameron sequel - with a cume of $66.7 million - is already the the sixth highest grossing film to ever be released in Australia.
Disney's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' absolutely dominated cinemas in its opening weekend, capturing an 87 per cent market share.
While 'Black Adam' remained the main event at the box office last weekend, capturing 40 per cent overall market share, 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris' saw an older audience return to cinemas with gusto.
'Black Adam' debuted to $7.5 million at the box office last weekend - the best opening result since 'Thor: Love and Thunder'.
While George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' bombed at the box office in US, audiences in the director's native country have proved a little more receptive.
With few splashy studio releases until mid-September, exhibitors are bracing through a quiet period at the box office: Last weekend was the slowest yet in 2022.
Jordan Peele's third outing as writer-director, 'Nope', couldn't quite beat the horsepower of 'Bullet Train' at the box office last weekend.