Ryan Gosling in space in Project Hail Mary held on to the top spot, playing on 114 screens, and adding $863,408 to romp past $2 million for a gross to date of $2,098,695.
New arrival Hoppers played 100 screens and opened at #2, taking $282,971 for $468,178 including previews.
Last weekend’s #2 closed this weekend at #3. Dhurandhar: The Revenge played 39 for a take of $247,713, and has probably passed $1 million by now after ending the weekend with a total take of $985,046.
On 85 screens, Rebecca Tansley’s doco Tenor: My Name is Pati continued its strong run, ending the weekend at #5 with another $106,287 (marginally up on its previous weekend), with a total now of $667,221.
The second NZ title in the top 10, at #10, was Holy Days. It added $26,693 from 72 screens, for a total of $506,632.
At #14, Thomasin McKenzie-starring Fackham Hall continued on 28 screens, taking $14,980 to push its gross to $655,345.
Lisa Burd’s Taranaki-shot doco No Tears on the Field played 38 screens, taking $6,428 for a gross of $43,926.
Almost done in cinemas now, Avatar: Fire and Ash played 2 screens, taking $2,973 for a gross of $11,515,086.
On a single screen, Vanessa Wells’ Mighty Indeed took $1,460 for $10,509.
Taratoa Stappard’s Mārama took $1,306 from 6 screens, and ending the weekend with a gross of $202,751.
Grace: A Prayer for Peace played a single screen, taking $770 for a total of $45,553.
Openers this week include the 10th anniversary screenings of Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama, with Robert Pattinson and Zendaya.
As always, our thanks go to Numero for the data driving these reports.
