Few Australian films secure a wide cinema release in Italy so the local distributor had a lot riding on Drift which went out on 165 screens last weekend.
Glowing reviews and copious publicity for Mark Grentell’s 'The Merger' and Jeremy Sims’ feature documentary 'Wayne' counted for very little.
Horrors 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' and 'A Quiet Place Part II' might have led the box office last weekend, but the national tally was far from scary - even despite the Melbourne lockdown.