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'.
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.
'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' continues to dominate the box office, having already earned $40.8 million in just three weekends.
Mario number one, indeed. Audiences were almost just as enthusiastic about 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' in its second weekend as they were in its first, with the animated title dropping only 7 per cent to earn $9.8 million.
'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' has smashed global records and helped deliver exhibitors not only a bumper Easter, but the best weekend of 2023 so far.
Exhibitors are pleased with the opening weekend of 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves', though it didn't quite roll enough to steal pole position from 'John Wick: Chapter 4'.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods may have been no. 1 at the box office last weekend, but audiences appear to...