After a successful premiere in Cannes, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opened here last week, and in 74 other territories. Here in NZ, it played 107 screens and took $521,933 to top the weekend chart.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes dropped to second, taking $296,224 from 112 screens, to lift its total to $2,012,992.
IF also dropped one place, ending the weekend in third place, adding $205,626 from 100 screens to take its gross to $627,604.
Two more films had their opening weekends in NZ, both taking a little over $30,000, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (#7) and Turbo (#8).
On its second weekend, James Napier Robertson’s Joika dropped one place, to #11. On 42 screens, it added $26,050 for a total $75,252.
On 31 screens, Loren Taylor’s The Moon is Upside Down added $8,048 for a total of $106,391.
Rachel House’s The Mountain took $2,502 for a gross of $726,627; and Lee Tamahori’s The Convert added $1,776 for $570,980.
Annie Goldson’s Red Mole: A Romance had a single-screen outing, taking $390 for $11,073.
This week, a number of titles open with The Garfield Movie expected to be the biggest of the bunch.
As always, huge thanks to Numero for the data that powers our box office reports.
