Box Office

The Fantastic Four: First Steps opened on 102 screens and took the top spot after its first weekend, earning $906,827 for a total take of $1,043,852 including previews. Pushed out of the top spot, Superman ended the weekend at #2,…

There were no changes to the placings of the top three over the weekend, with I Know What You Did Last Summer the weekend’s highest-placed new arrival at #5.   Superman held on to the #1 spot, earning $667,172 from 110…

A couple of recent survey-based reports have cited one of the reasons for people not returning to cinemas since covid is that they want to see more original material coming out of Hollywood. Despite that, 8 of the weekend’s top…

Dinosaurs still have legs, it seems. Opening on 109 screens, Jurassic World Rebirth won the weekend with earnings of $1,658,708. Despite adding an extra couple of screens to play on 117, F1 The Movie wasn’t able to hang on to…

F1 The Movie took pole position, the chequered flag and plenty of other car-racing clichés to end its opening weekend at #1. From 115 screens, it took $1,261,626 including about $7K from previews.  The previous weekend’s #1, How to Train…

New arrival How to Train Your Dragon, the live action remake of the 2010 animated original, soared comfortably above the new arrivals, up one screen at 111 and taking $910,702 for a total of $2,260,537.  At #2, new arrival 28…

New arrival How to Train Your Dragon, the live action remake of the 2010 animated original, took the win over the weekend, playing 110 screens for $1,122,683.  At #2, another live-action remake and last weekend’s #1, Lilo and Stitch added…

The top two titles from King’s Birthday weekend held their positions over the weekend.  At #1, the live-action Lilo and Stitch added $540,772 to extend its gross take to $3,663,272. In second place, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning took…

Nothing much changed at the top of the chart over the holiday weekend, with the top three titles all holding on to the same positions from the previous weekend.  At #1, the live-action Lilo and Stitch continued on 104 screens,…

Two new arrivals took the top two spots on the weekend chart, with Lilo & Stitch proving considerably more popular than the closing film in the Mission Impossible franchise.  The live-action Lilo and Stitch opened on 104 screens, and took…

Final Destination Bloodlines opened on 78 screens, and finished the weekend on top with $311,977. Still on 103 screens, Thunderbolts* dropped into second place, adding $232,086 to lift its total to $1,848,021. Another new arrival, The Salt Path played 83…

Marvel’s Thunderbolts* held on top the #1 spot, expanding to 98 screens and taking $472,702 to push past $1.5 million on its second weekend.  At #2, Sinners also held steady, adding $204,511 for a gross of $1,343,346. Tinā climbed back…

Marvel’s Thunderbolts* opened here at #1, as it did in several other territories, playing 93 NZ screens and taking $748,788 for a total to date of $842,615 including previews. On 71 screens, Sinners held steady at #2, adding $257,471 to…

Still on top and closing in on the $10.2 million take of Moana 2, the year’s best-performing title so far, A Minecraft Movie played 127 screens and added $947,145 over the Anzac Day weekend. It’s now grossed $9,258,198. Opening at…

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.…