Melbourne’s Cinema Nova hopes to revive the lost art of preshow entertainment, encouraging local emerging talent to submit creative shorts via a new competition.
'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
remains far and away the main event at the box office, out-performing the next highest grossing title, 'Black Adam', by nearly tenfold. 'She Said' was the best performing new title, drawing a bigger crowd in Australia, pro-rata, than in North America.
The box office had a much-needed refresh last weekend by way of Julia Roberts and George Clooney rom-com 'Ticket to Paradise' and 'DC League of Super-Pets', and to a lesser extent, 'Moonage Daydream' and 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'.
Dutch violinist André Rieu very nearly took centre stage on another slow weekend for the Australian box office, with the screening of his 2022 Maastricht Concert falling just short of overtaking 'Bullet Train' to claim the number one position.
With few splashy studio releases until mid-September, exhibitors are bracing through a quiet period at the box office: Last weekend was the slowest yet in 2022.
The Australian box office bowed to the King on the weekend as 'Elvis' debuted at number one ahead of fellow new entry, 'Minions: The Rise of Gru'.
'Top Gun: Maverick' held on to that loving feeling at the box office for a second weekend, taking in another $13 million.
Older audiences made their presence felt at the box office last weekend, with the newest instalment of historical drama 'Downton Abbey' debuting at number one ahead of 'The Lost City' and 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore'.