Amid very few new releases, school holidays are thankfully providing welcome foot traffic for exhibitors, with almost every title getting a boost at the box office last weekend.
It was déjà vu at the box office last weekend, with the same three titles leading receipts:
'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', 'Free Guy' and 'Paw Patrol: The Movie'.
While family audiences finally have a little more variety at cinemas by way of 'Paw Patrol: The Movie' and 'Ainbo: Amazon Princess', neither new release were a match for 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' and 'Free Guy' at the box office last weekend.
With little by way of competition, Disney's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' easily held the no. 1 position at the box office last weekend.
"It's been a while since we had a line out the door – thanks to 'Shang-Chi' for providing."
Last weekend, the top 20 titles mustered $2.5 million, marking the lowest result this year - with no title cracking $1 million.
Disney's 'Free Guy' was pipped at the post by Warner Bros.' 'The Suicide Squad' on its opening weekend, but the Ryan Reynolds-starrer's second outing proved the film has legs, even in a disrupted market.
The Federal Government has released the guidelines for the Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (SCREEN) Fund as it opens for applications.