Box Office

Easter weekend lifted a few films’ earnings compared with their previous weekend’s. A Minecraft Movie hung on to the top spot with ease, growing both the number of screens it played on and dollars it took against the previous weekend.…

A Minecraft Movie hung on to the top spot over the weekend, taking $1,444,042 from 122 screens, to push its gross take to $4,434,424. Two new arrivals took the other podium positions. At #2, André Rieus 75th Birthday Celebration: The…

Tinā’s time at the top has come to an end following the arrival of another film shot in NZ, A Minecraft Movie, which took $2,522,477 from 110 screens and the top spot.  After four weeks at #1, Tinā dropped to…

There’s still no getting past Tinā, which comfortably held off the two new arrivals rounding out the weekend’s top three. On 125 screens, it took $376,721 to total $4,067,543 – and take the #6 spot on the all-time list of…

Tinā continued to hit the high notes with another strong weekend, passing $3.5 million as it took $470,927 from 125 screens.  Despite being mired in controversy, Disney’s Snow White opened here on 105 screens and took $393,289 to place at…

Tinā continued to hit the high notes with another strong weekend. Still on 127 screens, it added a further $588,858 to lift its gross to $2,829,326 and should comfortably pass the $3 million mark later this week.  Also holding steady…

Tinā continued its time at the top over the weekend, dropping a couple of screens from its opening weekend but earning more. On 127 screens, Miki Magasiva’s feature added $658,355 and had grossed $1,992,289, before passing the $2 million mark…

The first weekend of March closed with the welcome sight of a local title at #1. Tinā was on song, topping the chart with $653,271 (including previews) from a very wide release on 127 screens. The previous weekend’s #1, Bridget…

24 years after the release of Bridget Jones’ Diary, the latest title in the franchise, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, ended its second weekend by climbing to  the top of the heap, taking $487,758 from 117 screens. It’s now…

The weekend’s chart delivered a rare sight. All top three spots were taken by titles on their opening weekend, as the previous weekends podium placers (A Complete Unknown, Mufasa: The Lion King and Widow Clicquot) fell to #4, 7 and…

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown continued to top the chart in its third weekend, playing on 116 screens and adding $194,444 to lift its total to $1,142,776. Mufasa: The Lion King placed at #2, taking $90,930 from 86 screens…

A Complete Unknown held steady at the top of the chart, completing its second weekend at #1. From 105 screens, the film took $248,109 over the weekend, to total $842,337. Mufasa: The Lion King clawed its way back into the…

As the school holidays run down, so does the stranglehold fam-friendly titles have held on the box office chart in recent weeks.  Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has opened in the top spot, playing on 107 screens and taking…

There’s no slowing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 down, which tops the chart for the fourth weekend in a row. On 104 screens, it added $231,029 to gross $3,169,185. For the second weekend in a row, the second and third-placed titles…

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 continued its run at the top of the chart, taking $311,906 over the weekend to grow its total take to $2,738,264. Last week’s second- and third-placed titles swapped places over the weekend, with Mufasa: The Lion…