Universal/Working Title's The Beatles-inspired musical romantic fantasy 'Yesterday' charmed audiences in Australia last weekend, outperforming the US and UK debuts.
Disney’s 'Beauty and the Beast' has continued to dominate the box office, taking just under $5 million over its third weekend. Starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, the film is now on a tidy total of $34.3 million.
Facing zero competition from the new releases, New Line/DC Entertainment’s family superhero adventure 'Shazam!' continued its reign at Australian cinemas last weekend.
While Roadshow Films took local musical comedy 'Seriously Red' wide, it had a relatively slow start at the box office last weekend.
Warner Bros/New Line’s 'It Chapter Two' and Roadshow’s 'The Farewell' injected some much-needed life into the flagging Australian box office last weekend while two new Oz releases struggled.
Given the challenging subject, Joel Edgerton’s gay conversion therapy drama 'Boy Erased' opened very respectably in Australia last weekend, its first international market after platforming in the US.
The national box office saw a lull last weekend as school holidays ended around the country, but with 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' just around the corner, it promises to be short-lived.
'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.