As it did in plenty of other territories, Bob Marley: One Love conquered all, playing a very wide 117 screens and ending the weekend as #1. The film took $574,585, adding to the almost $300K it took on its opening day, Valentine’s Day, to total $862,409. The film’s opening day was NZ’s biggest for both a music biopic and for Valentine’s Day.
#2 – in more than one sense, if some of the reviews are to be believed – was Madame Web. On 86 screens, it took $200,221 for a gross of $285,422.
The previous weekend’s second-ranked title, Argylle, dropped one spot to third. From 102 screens, it added $88,871 for a total take of $791,020.
Robert Connolly’s Aussie thriller Force of Nature: The Dry 2 dropped to sixth, still on 107 screens, for a total of $224,790.
Annie Goldson’s NZIFF-premiered Red Mole: A Romance played 5 screens, taking $1,973 over the weekend for $4,024.
Also on 5 screens, Next Goal Wins added $1,816 for $1,347,341.
Openers this week include Ethan Coen’s road-trip caper, Drive-Away Dolls, featuring Matt Damon and The Last of Us’ Pedro Pascal; and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, fresh from its win on Monday at the BAFTAs for Outstanding British Film.
Thanks to Numero for generously supplying the data our box office reports use.
