Box Office: Marvel Studio’s Thunderbolts* breaks Minecraft’s streak

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Box Office - Thunderbolts

This weekend, the top 20 films Australian box office grossed $11,603,848, down -28% from last weekend’s $16,216,579.

This weekend, the top 20 films Australian box office grossed $11,603,848, down -28% from last weekend’s $16,216,579.

Top five

1. Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts* has claimed the Australian Box Office crown in its debut weekend from juggernaut A Minecraft Movie. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film’s debut saw it gross $4,677,375 across 581 cinemas over the weekend.

Synopsis: Directed by Jake Schreier, Marvel brings together a team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster, and John Walker — on a mission that brings them face to face with parts of their past.

Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $5,266,126

2. Sinners

Sinners climbed up to number two at the box office over the weekend after dropping down to third spot last week. The American Southern Gothic supernatural horror film written made $1,593,310 after screening across 270 cinemas, down -23% this weekend compared to last weekend’s $2,062,211.

Synopsis: Michael B. Jordan stars as twin brothers, Smoke and Stack, former soldiers who bootleg. Set in the deep South in 1932, the twins return to the Mississippi Delta with money and Irish beer to open a juke joint bought from a man and enlist their cousin Sammie to help. However, trouble follows when they face a force beyond the natural world.

Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $6,829,333

3. A Minecraft Movie

Minecraft Movie fever appears to have finally come to an end with its streak upended by the MCU. The film grossed $1,228,517 over the weekend, a -73% drop compared to the $4,617,803 generated in the previous week across 555 cinemas.

Synopsis: Synopsis: A portal pulls four misfits into the Overworld, a land made of cubes shaped by imagination. To return home, they must learn the terrain and complete a quest with a crafter named Steve. The film stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks and Emma Myers and is based on the 2011 video game Minecraft by Mojang Studios.

Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $53,951,161

4. The Accountant 2

The Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal action/thriller has kept a steady place in the Box Office rankings at number four and making $922,167, representing a -52% from last weekend’s earnings of $1,934,640.

Synopsis: Affleck plays forensic accountant Christian Wolff teams up with his estranged but highly lethal brother Braxton to track down mysterious assassins and dismantle a human trafficking ring.

Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $922,167

5. Tinā

Tinā moved into the top five at the Australian Box Office over the weekend, making $534,883 across 183 cinemas. The film premiered at the Hawaii International Film Festival on 8 October 2024 and was released in cinemas on 27 February 2025.

Synopsis: Tinā follows Samoan teacher Mareta Percival, a substitute teacher coping with the loss of her daughter in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. She takes a position at a private school and starts a student choir.

Total Australian Box Office gross to date: $1,279,814

Top six to ten

6. Until Dawn
7. Guru Nanak Jahaz
8. Raid 2
9. HIT: The Third Case
10. Dog Man

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