It's hardly the ideal date movie but David Fincher's lacerating portrait of a marriage gone sour drove ticket sales at Australian cinemas last weekend.
Denzel Washington’s films have raked in more than $4 billion at cinemas worldwide but the superstar’s latest movie was beaten in Australia last weekend by a bunch of barely known youngsters.
In the end it was no contest: doomsday action- thriller The Maze Runner easily took line honours at Australian cinemas last weekend.
Phillip Noyce's The Giver is based on a young adult novel that sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, packed with a cast headed by Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, rising Australian star Brenton Thwaites, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift.
Turtle power saved the Australian box-office from experiencing another weak trading session last weekend while Boyhood and a Kiwi vampire spoof had handy debuts.
Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight opened in sixth spot in a generally weak trading session at Australian cinemas last weekend, way below Blue Jasmine’s debut last year.
Crass comedy in the form of The Inbetweeners 2 ruled the Australian box-office last weekend while James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge 3D sank ingloriously.
After a print of The Expendables 3 was stolen in late July and leaked on-line, the title was downloaded about five million times before the film opened in the US, Australia and more than 30 other markets last week.