Ridley Scott's Roman epic 'Gladiator II' has taken $6.95 million over the weekend to top the local box office.
Australian films have captured around 4.7 per cent of the local box office over the year to date but a lack of big name local features in the lead-up to Christmas is likely to see it close the year significantly down at 3-4 per cent.
Dwayne Johnson's 'Red One' has opened in the top spot at Australian cinemas, grossing $2.08 million over the weekend.
With no major new releases over the weekend, comic book movie 'Venom: The Last Dance' held top spot at the local box office, earning $2.73 million.
IF spoke to distributors ahead of this year's Australian International Movie Convention, which wraps up this week on the Gold Coast, about their views on local films potential to improve box office performance.
Comic book movie 'Venom: The Last Dance' has opened in top spot at the local box office over the weekend, earning $4.72 million across 601 screens.
Kids movie 'Runt' has taken $5.51 million at the local box office to become the 68th most successful film at the local box office.
The film has passed last year's two most successful local films at the box office: Talk to Me ($4.27m) and documentary John Farnham: Finding the Voice ($4.49m).