This weekend, the Australian box office made $10,095,728, up 6% from last week’s $9,277,014.
Top Five
Making its debut at number one this week was Ridley Scott and Sony Pictures’ Napoleon. The film took $4M at the local box office with a cumulative global audience of $78.8M. Unsurprisingly, one of the top overseas markets for this biopic was France, where he ruled as emperor from 1804-14.
Movie-goers once again flocked to the cinemas to see the latest instalment of Roadshow’s The Hunger Games franchise: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Sitting at number two for its second week in cinemas, the film took $3.4M (down 33%) and has now made over $10.6M in Australia.
Taking the number three spot this week was Walt Disney’s The Marvels for its third week in release. The superhero flick took just over $549K at the Aussie Box Office this week (down 53%).
Coming in at number four — and still in the top five, five weeks after release — was Universal’s Five Nights at Freddy’s. The horror based on the popular game brought in $420K nationally (down 39%) taking its overall cume to over $13.7M in Australia.
Finally, rounding out the top five was Warner Brother’s Saltburn. Directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Aussie Jacob Elordi, the flick took $324.8K for its second week in cinemas (last week it debuted at number six). It has taken $868K since its debut.
Top 6 – 10
Other films in the top 10 this week were Thanksgiving, Killers of the Flower Moon, Tiger 3, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Carl Barron: Skating Rink for Flies.
Releasing this week
Trolls Band Together, Bottoms, Uproar, Journey to Bethlehem, Godzilla Minus One, RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ, Animal, Sam Bahadur, Andre Rieu’s White Christmas, The Boy and the Heron
TOP FIVE
1. Napoleon – $4,035,587
A look at the military commander’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby and Edouard Philipponnat.
The film grossed $4,035,587, averaging $6,748 over 598 screens.
2. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – $3,418,563
Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, remains the last hope for his fading lineage. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he’s assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and political savvy, they race against time to ultimately reveal who’s a songbird and who’s a snake.
The film grossed $3,418,563, averaging $7,182 over 476 screens and has made $10,623,934 in Australian cinemas to date.
3. The Marvels – $549,410
Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. However, unintended consequences see her shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with two other superheroes to form the Marvels.
The film grossed $549,410, averaging $1,522 over 361 screens and has made $5,881,135 in Australian cinemas to date.
4. Five Nights at Freddy’s – $420,176
A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the late shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
The film grossed $420,176, averaging $1,687 over 249 screens and has made $13,717,303 in Australian cinemas to date.
5. Saltburn – $324,839
The film stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, and Carey Mulligan. Set in England in the mid-2000s, it follows a young university student who becomes obsessed with his wealthy schoolmate, who invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family’s estate.
The film grossed $324,839, averaging $2,641 over 123 screens and has made $868,853 in Australian cinemas to date.