With Easter just on the horizon and school holidays starting around the country, exhibitors are poised to have a busy few weeks with a variety of family friendly titles already performing well in the market.
In just two weekends, 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' has officially become the highest grossing Australian documentary of all time (excluding IMAX).
Universal/Blumhouse's comedy horror 'Freaky' may have opened on top of the box office last weekend, but newly reopened cinemas in Victoria saw Warner Bros.' 'Tenet' only a step behind.
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.
WB's 'Godzilla vs. Kong' has posted the highest opening weekend of any film post-COVID, in a hopeful sign that audiences are ready to come back to cinemas for blockbusters.
While older audiences remain difficult to lure back to cinemas, Universal's 'Book Club 2: The Next Chapter' - squarely aimed at an older female demographic - opened much better in Australia, pro-rata, than it did in the US.
Seems the daredevils of Jackass are still amusing audiences 22 years after they first appeared on MTV, with their latest set of pranks finally pushing 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' off the top of the box office.
Poppy Stockell's 'John Farnham: Finding the Voice' is already on a path to becoming one of the highest grossing Australian documentaries of all time.