Johnny Depp, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski were a potent combination with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise but they've misfired badly with the Lone Ranger.
The Great Gatsby is set to overtake Crocodile Dundee 2’s $24.9 million to rank as the sixth-highest grossing Australian title of all time.
Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman franchise Man of Steel reigned at the Australian box-office last weekend, raking in $8.8 million plus about $600,000 in previews.
Zombies stalked Australian cinemas last weekend as World War Z topped the chart, raking in a juicy $6 million plus about $80,000 in previews.
Aussie audiences prefer a broad comedy to a dark sci-fier.
Pundits who predicted The Great Gatsby would rake in at least $6 million in its first four days in Australian cinemas were right on the money.
IF analyses the track record of distributors over the past three years
The feel-good feature has taken more than $2.2m in its third weekend at the box office