Exhibitors are optimistic about the summer prospects for 'Wonka' after Timothée Chalamet's take on Roald Dahl's chocolatier got off to a strong start at the box office last weekend.
Last weekend proved relatively quiet at the box office, with 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds' and Snakes enjoying yet another round at no. 1, while 'The Boy and the Heron' was the best performing new title.
Last weekend saw a variety of new films open at the box office: Bollywood gangster drama 'Animal', 'Trolls Band Together', two concerts in 'Andre Rieu's White Christmas' and 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce', and Japan's Godzilla Minus One. Yet it was 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes', in its third frame, that drew the largest audience, surpassing last weekend's no. 1, 'Napoleon'.
Ridley Scott's historical epic 'Napoleon' emerged the victor at the box office last weekend, outpacing 'Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'.
'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' may not have opened at the heights seen for the rest of the franchise, but it still gave exhibitors a needed boost last weekend.
'The Marvels' has proven a box office disappointment both in Australia and abroad, with one of the lowest ever starts for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Major and independent exhibitors talk to IF about the year so far at the box office and prospects for 2024, the impact of the US strikes and the landscape for Australian features.
Once upon a time, last weekend would have seen the launch of 'Dune: Part Two'. Instead, it proved to be the slowest yet for Australian cinemas in 2023.