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Weekly box office: 21/05/09

Samson and Delilah has taken just under $600,000 after two weeks, while Queensland rodeo drama Shadows of the Past opened on six regional screens and took $16,000.

Distributed by Summer Night Productions, Shadows of the Past added two more screens for this weekend and will expand into further locations in coming weeks.

Meanwhile Mary and Max is nearing $1.3 million after six weeks in cinemas. Love The Beast, The Combination and Closed for Winter are holding on, still adding to their totals.

Film  Budget   Distributor   Opening w/e  WIR  Box Office 
Mary and Max  $8m   Icon   $      217,176   6  $      1,243,190
Love the Beast    Madman   $      241,982   9  $        777,351
The Combination  $1.169m   AFS   $      188,054   11  $        727,586
Samson and Delilah  $1.6m   Para/Trans/Footprint   $      199,163   2  $        593,758
Two Fists, One Heart  $8.5m   Disney   $       96,999   2  $        292,810
Beautiful  $2m   Kojo/Jump Street   $       22,406   5  $          51,008
Closed for Winter  $2m   Omnilab Media   $       19,449   4  $          46,635
Shadows of the Past  $820,000    $       13,927   1  $          16,067
Crush  $2m   Filmscope/Odin’s Eye   previews  N/A  $          13,051
Salvation    Hopscotch   $         2,262   1  $            3,182
Prey   $4m   Damage Releasing   $         1,089   1  $            1,089

Sources: MPDAA, Inside Film