Australian Box Office - 24th August 2017

Leader of the Pack in 2017
Beauty and the Best (2017)
$47,852,983

Blockbusters in 2017:  14

Weekend Box Office - Weekend 34, 2017
No Movie Title Distributor
Cinemas
Released
Averages
$ Week
%
$ Total
WIR
LW
1
American Made
UPI
359
24/08/2017
$5,958
2,138,945
NA
2,138,945
1
-
2
Annabelle: Creation
Warner Bros
213
10/08/2017
$4,277
911,082
-40%
5,941,979
3
1
3
Dunkirk
Warner Bros
274
20/07/2017
$2,425
664,353
-40%
21,727,410
6
3
4
The Dark Tower
Sony
269
17/08/2017
$2,184
587,551
-56%
2,384,003
2
2
5
Hampstead
E1
235
17/08/2017
$2,132
500,972
-32%
1,719,308
2
5
6
Mayweather vs. McGregor
Indies
69
24/08/2017
$6,276
433,066
NA
433,066
1
-
7
Logan Lucky
Roadshow
249
17/08/2017
$1,409
351,024
-62%
1,586,575
2
4
8
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
E1
232
10/08/2017
$1,044
242,249
-56%
2,672,540
3
6
9
The Big Sick
Roadshow
233
03/08/2017
$1,010
235,340
-50%
3,917,781
4
8
10
War for the Planet of the Apes
Fox
188
20/07/2017
$1,248
234,681
-57%
10,093,479
5
7
11
47 Meters Down
Vendetta
73
24/08/2017
$3,107
226,827
NA
229,513
1
-
12
Vivegam
MKS
28
24/08/2017
$6,595
184,675
NA
184,675
1
-
13
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D
Studio Canal
120
24/08/2017
$1,219
146,289
NA
150,461
1
-
14
Baby Driver
Sony
104
13/07/2017
$1,402
145,792
-47%
13,200,301
7
10
15
Atomic Blonde
UPI
165
03/08/2017
$881
145,365
-65%
4,695,221
4
9
16
All for One
Madman
46
24/08/2017
$2,708
124,571
NA
142,931
1
-
17
A Taxi Driver
JBG
18
24/08/2017
$6,251
112,503
NA
112,503
1
-
18
Arjun Reddy
SouthStar
20
24/08/2017
$5,576
111,521
NA
111,521
1
-
19
Despicable Me 3
UPI
131
15/06/2017
$795
104,257
-27%
32,732,479
11
13
20
Madame
StCanal
29
17/08/2017
$2,830
82,052
-19%
281,748
2
15

Annabelle: Creation  War for the Planet of the Apes   47 Meters Down

Quite the cull over the weekend as the box office continues to shuffle on without really killer content coming to make blockbusters exactly a weekly occurance. Top of the casualty list was Spider-Man: Homecoming, the second unnecessary reboot of the franchise in recent years. The movie made around $26 million, which is pretty solid and keeping with the trend in superhero flicks to blockbuster no matter how inane they are. The rise in Asian cinema at the Australian box office continues with Wolf Warrior 2 making $1.6 million. The movie looks to be a Chinese martial arts effort, so knock yourself out there if you have a Bruce Lee thing happening. Well it only lasted two weeks and earnt a miserly $550k but for Icon that isn't so bad given how poorly the Distributor has been doing of late. What happened Guys? Increased competition, change of staff, serious cash flow issues? Hey guess what Disney made an animated movie that didn't blockbuster indicating it was complete rubbish. Cars 3 dived out of the top twenty with a $13.4 million result, in the process losing its head to head with Despicable Me 3 by a long shot. Am I filled with glee, nope, don't really give a toss but nice to see peeps don't simply rush cinemas if a House of Mouse flick is playing. File under the "Keep the Bastards Honest" folder. And finally The Trip To Spain spun up $630k and wore on my patience for no apparent reason.

Opening in top spot over the weekend American Made was solid enough with a $5,958 average over 359 screens for a bow of $2.1 million. The latest Timmy Cruise epic sees the aging actor play yet another action hero, which is getting more in the taking the piss category than being a good casting choice. The opening weekend result doesn't exactly give me any confidence for the future of this one, around $5.5 million total I would imagine.

Dropping to second spot Annabelle: Creation held remarkably well at -40.3% over the movie's third stanza. Remembering this is an out and out horror flick, that is a very solid result that definitely shows a flick thriving off a very solid advertising campaign by the Bros. A further $911K was added to the running total, that now stands at a very animated $5.9 million. Still some coin to be added here, expecting a result post $7 million from here. Nolan's DUnkirk continues to hold its own with a -40.1% result over the movie's sixth weekend. Those falls are starting to take their toll however with the war flick adding just $644K, which pushed total gross to $21.7 million. Guess the days of wine and roses are over at the Australian Box Office, though I had a vague notion there are still some tent poles to coe at us.

With the dark genre scaring up solid results in 2017, I'm still pleased to see a hold over breaching breakout hit status and a new release earning more than expected. Great times for your dark dreamers everywhere folks, confidence is high for the future. War for the Planet of the Apes went through the $10 million barrier over weekend five, albeit on a -57% implosion. I think there is still some coin to be made here, though case of diminishing returns applies. Opening in second spot was the Vendetta shark flick 47 Meters Down, which surpassed expectations with a $227K opening weekend gambit. That result is solidly above my prediction and bodes well for a solid total gross. I would imagine the Distributor is hoping for three or so weekends of results to get the movie's name out there for future disc sales, I'm ordering one as soon as the release date is confirmed.

What's Coming Up, if anything

Event Zero  Wish Upon

Two releases next Thursday one local and one off the Hollywood conveyor belt should keep dark genre fans happy with their cinematic life. Event Zero sees a biological terror attack launched in Sydney, with of course the local Bogans blaming the Islamic community, and of course the script making inane comments about prejudice etc. Hollywood isn't alone in making grandoise statements, but actually doing nothing constructive about them. Expecting a low release strategy for this one and a complete failure at the box office, it looks more like a made for television movie than a cinematic release. Wish Upon looks to be standard horror fare, with the same plot we have seen a zillion times before. A teenage chick discovers a box with magic powers, but there is a price she may not want to pay for using said powers. Expecting around $1.2 million opening, but a pretty straight down the drain result from there.

  

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