Australian cinema made a welcome return to box office top three on the weekend as Madman's Fremantle-shot 'How To Please a Woman' came in behind Marvel juggernaut 'Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness' and 'Downton Abbey: A New Era'.
he streaming sector in Australia will get even more competitive when BritBox, the SVOD service co-owned by BBC Studios and ITV, launches later this year.
Lorene Scafaria’s 'Hustlers' is a hit in the US but the crime caper starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart and Cardi B was never going to beat the second weekend of Todd Phillips’ blockbuster 'Joker' in Australia.
Is Todd Phillips’ 'Joker' an enthralling masterpiece or a disturbing and deeply derivative incitement to commit violence? The comic book inspired movie has polarised the critics but audiences in Australia and around the world have voted with their feet.
Transmission Films' 'Ride Like A Girl', the directorial debut from Rachel Griffiths, has surpassed expectations, topping the Australian box office on its opening weekend.
'Downton Abbey' continues its box office domination, having now taken over $7 million in two weeks and beating out new releases 'Ad Astra', 'Good Boys' and 'Rambo: Last Blood'.
It is a rare feat to translate a six season network TV hit into box office bankability but 'Downton Abbey' loyalists have swarmed to the occasion, with the Universal Pictures film adaptation steam-training to the top of the box office.
Joanne Froggatt ('Liar', 'Downton Abbey', 'A Crooked Somebody') and Damon Herriman ('Once Upon A Time in Hollywood', 'Judy & Punch', 'Perpetual Grace', 'LTD') head the cast of 'The Commons', an eight-hour drama commissioned by Stan.