Overall, the Australian box office has increased by 10% on the prior weekend making $14.77m.
• The film was the first major release by Marvel or DC in 2020
• Mediaweek’s Trent Thomas with Andrew Mercado as they talk through the box office blockbusters of 2019
• The Grudge also joined the top five
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Like a Boss were unable to crack the top five in their first week...
• Disney’s Avengers Endgame was the highest grossing film of 2019
• They competed with 694 foreign films released in Australia that earned $1.09 billion.
• The follow up to 2003's Bad Boys II made $5.74m
• 1917 had a massive average per screen of $18,625 on 257 screens
• The Gentlemen is the highest new release at #3
• Despite a very strong second week total of $8.32m Star Wars has been bumped off #1
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker had the seventh-best opening weekend in Australian history
• Overall the Australian box office made $9.80m declining 17%.
• Not even the release of another family-friendly animation in The Addams Family could slow Frozen down
