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.
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.
In the battle of the sequels Disney’s 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' beat Sony’s 'Zombieland: Double Tap' but neither was a match for the third weekend of Warner Bros’ juggernaut 'Joker'.
Most of the new releases in Australian cinemas last weekend had bombed or under-performed in the US weeks or months ago, so their fates were probably sealed.
The latest iterations of 'Maleficent', 'Godzilla', 'Men in Black', 'The Angry Birds' and 'Rambo' flopped or under-performed in cinemas this year and now 'Terminator: Dark Fate' is the latest victim of moviegoers’ sequel fatigue
Warner Bros cast the usually reliable Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson as the leads in 'Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep' and pitched the film to fans of Stephen King’s 1977 novel and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 classic 'The Shining'.
It was no-contest between Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s 'Ford v Ferrari' and Sony Pictures' 'Charlie’s Angels' reboot at Australian cinemas last weekend.
Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s 'Ford v Ferrari' easily retained pole position in another soft weekend at Australian cinemas while Mirrah Foulkes’ writing and directing debut 'Judy & Punch'.