Leading the box office once again last weekend was Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune', while another Timothée Chalamet-starrer, 'The French Dispatch', opened in fifth.
Australians waited longer than most to see Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune' on the big screen, with the film opening to a respectable $4.8 million last weekend.
As long as people get back into the habit of going to the cinema and exhibitors can put trailers in front of them, the NSW independent sector should recover "quite well", according to Independent Cinema Australia president Scott Seddon.
While the school holidays are giving ticket sales a modest uplift, the crisis for Australian cinemas shows no signs of abating, at least until Boxing Day.
WarnerMedia is preparing to sever its four decades long distribution alliance with Roadshow Films, moving its product to Universal Pictures in Australia.