'John Wick: Chapter 4' made light work of 'Shazam: Fury of the Gods' at the box office on the weekend, blasting its way to the top with $6.4 million from 542 screens.
On the reasonable assumption that cinemas are trading in July, albeit with staggered seating, audiences can look forward to a raft of Hollywood films and, perhaps, several new Australian releases.
In a further sign of consolidation among independent distributors, Rialto Distribution has closed its Sydney office while continuing to book films into Australian cinemas via its Auckland headquarters.
For Madman Entertainment 2019 was the distributor's most consistent year ever, with 14 films each grossing more than $500,000 at Australian cinemas - and the 2020 slate looks even stronger.
Twenty years after the Wachowski siblings' The Matrix burst onto the world, Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures are reloading the franchise.
Defying the law of diminishing returns for sequels, the latest iteration of Lionsgate’s 'John Wick' franchise made more money in its first weekend in Australia than the lifetime total of the previous edition.
"Generation Um..." follows a day in the life of John and his two beautiful cohorts as they live life on the fringe, immersed in sex, drugs and indecision.