This weekend, the top 20 films at the Australian box office grossed $14,271,876, a -11% decrease from last weekend’s $16,100,979.
Top five
1. Marty Supreme
From A24, Marty Supreme opened at #1, pulling in $2,834,214 across 358 screens, bringing its local total to $3,376,017.
Synopsis: Marty Mauser is a young man with a dream no one takes seriously. Fuelled by stubborn hope and reckless courage, he throws himself headlong into a brutal pursuit of greatness that tests his body, his relationships and his sense of self. What begins as an underdog story steadily evolves into a gripping journey through obsession, ego, sacrifice and survival, as every win comes at a cost and every failure cuts deeper.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $3,376,017
2. Avatar: Fire and Ash
From Walt Disney, Avatar: Fire and Ash added $1,850,715 across 308 screens (-42% week-on-week), taking its local total to $54,797,436.
Synopsis: Jake and Neytiri’s family grapples with grief, encountering a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $54,797,436
3. The Housemaid
From Studiocanal, The Housemaid grossed $1,612,355 across 336 screens (-46%), bringing its local total to $20,836,974.
Synopsis: A struggling young woman is relieved by the chance for a fresh start as a maid for a wealthy couple. Soon, she discovers that the family’s secrets are far more dangerous than her own.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $20,836,974
4. Zootopia 2
From Walt Disney, Zootopia 2 delivered $1,316,924 across 314 screens (-32%), lifting its local total to $40,236,423.
Synopsis: Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case, the most perilous and intricate of their careers.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $40,236,423
5. Mercy
From Sony, Mercy debuted with $962,717 across 294 screens, for a local total to date of $962,717.
Synopsis: In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced A.I. Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $962,717
Top six to ten
6. Border 2
Synopsis: Young Indian fighters prepared to protect their homeland from a greater threat during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $873,357
7. Song Sung Blue
Synopsis: Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $9,362,705
8. Anaconda
Synopsis: A group of friends are going through a mid-life crisis. They decide to remake a favorite movie from their youth but encounter unexpected events when they enter the jungle.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $15,870,259
9. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
Synopsis: Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following the Flying Dutchman, a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate, to the deepest depths of the deep sea.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $9,946,450
10. Hamnet
Synopsis: After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.
Total Australian Box Office gross to Date: $2,652,308