Australian Box Office - 31st 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	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Roadshow	313	31/08/2017	$7,445	2,330,317	NA	3,013,836	1	-
2	American Made	UPI	319	24/08/2017	$4,780	1,524,918	-28%	4,484,650	2	1
3	Girls Trip	UPI	282	31/08/2017	$4,621	1,303,012	NA	1,419,581	1	-
4	Dunkirk	Warner Bros	223	20/07/2017	$2,525	563,155	-15%	22,543,252	7	3
5	Annabelle: Creation	Warner Bros	212	10/08/2017	$2,530	536,238	-41%	6,750,067	4	2
6	The Dark Tower	Sony	228	17/08/2017	$1,421	323,784	-45%	2,914,927	3	4
7	Hampstead	E1	227	17/08/2017	$1,310	297,410	-40%	2,274,085	3	5
8	Ali's Wedding	Madman	51	31/08/2017	$4,469	227,916	NA	313,764	1	-
9	Gifted	Roadshow	93	31/08/2017	$2,160	200,873	NA	215,862	1	-
10	The Big Sick	Roadshow	103	03/08/2017	$1,370	141,108	-40%	4,148,930	5	9
11	Logan Lucky	Roadshow	230	17/08/2017	$599	137,531	-61%	1,854,348	3	7
12	War for the Planet of the Apes	Fox	100	20/07/2017	$1,358	135,812	-42%	10,310,135	6	10
13	Despicable Me 3	UPI	140	15/06/2017	$798	111,812	+8%	32,855,018	12	19
14	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	E1	104	10/08/2017	$1,047	108,810	-55%	2,861,131	4	8
15	47 Meters Down	Vendetta	68	24/08/2017	$1,574	106,997	-53%	414,969	2	11
16	Baby Driver	Sony	62	13/07/2017	$1,400	86,801	-40%	13,340,444	8	14
17	Baadshaho	Mindblowing	18	31/08/2017	$4,602	82,836	NA	82,836	1	-
18	Madame	StCanal	31	17/08/2017	$2,303	71,379	-13%	395,440	3	20
19	Kongens Nei (The King's Choice)	Palace	17	24/08/2017	$4,009	68,154	-11%	382,189	2	22
20	Maudie	Trans	46	24/08/2017	$1,522	54,791	-32%	244,209	2	22

About the only movie of note dropping out of the top twenty was Atomic Blonde which did a lot less than distributor UPI would have expected. The Charlize Theron lead spy actionier only crashed the party for four weeks making a disappointing $4.8 million in the process. That's got to be something of a car wreck for UPI and doesn't look like it will push the disc or rental markets, most potential viewers having already seen the movie at the cinema.

Dropping in top spot over the weekend was The Hitman's Bodyguard, an action comedy with some serious firepower in Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman. Roadshow went with a mild 313 screens scoring a robust average of $7,445 for a bow of $2.3 million. That isn't going to really push anyone's buttons and I'm expecting a $5 million forgot about it a week after leaving the top twenty result. Seems your average action orientated flick isn't making the major box office action it could once have expected. Guess the U.S summer session is over as well, expected a few low weeks coming up folks.

After holding down top spot for one week American made had to settle for second on the ladder over weekend two, but did hold remarkably well with a -28.4% drop. An additional $1.5 million made over the weekend pushed total gross to $4.5 million, still promising the movie can do solid enough business to return a very solid result for UPI. In third spot Girls Trip sees black actresses behaving badly, cause that sells tickets and stuff, as the modern day trend of chick flicks going raunchy continues. The flick opened on 282 screens but disappointed slightly with an average of $4,621 only generating a $1.3 million. That is not going to be enough to really lift things to a total that will please the Distributor.

Everything over the weekend was dropping in dark genre land, but hey we still have three movies hanging in there. Annabelle: Creation is still chugging along with a decent hold of -41% over weekend four. The movie added $536K over the weekend pushing total earn to $6.75 million and setting up the demonic doll flick or a nice result over $7 million. War for the Planet of the Apes continues to lose screens at a rapid rate, which is going to slow income. The movie was off 42% over weekend six only earning $136K, but that was enough to push total gross past $10.3 million, And finally 47 Meters Down was off -52.6% but added $107K to bring the running total to $415K.

What's Coming Up, if anything

Another week and two more releases to keep dark genre fans bright eyed and bushy tailed. Leading the batting lineup is It a remake based on Stephen King's massive monster tome. Kids run across Pennywise, a monster that can bring out their darkest fears, and have to battle against the evil that is engulfing their town. Not quite sure how this one is going to do, but expecting around $2.4 million based on the advertising campaign that has been at a can't miss it level. If the movie fails to make anything like that then it really will be something of a disaster. Out of South Korean is The Mimic which sees The Jangsan Tiger able to mimic human voices to lure victims. Not sure how many screens this one will get, but figure anything aboive $100k would be awesome.

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