Box Office

Nobody will be surprised that Deadpool & Wolverine opened in the top spot, given its impressive numbers elsewhere. On 113 screens here, it took $2,334,416 for $2,693,150 including previews. The film’s take over the weekend was more than double the…

After the final weekend of the school holidays, the top three looks exactly as it did after the previous weekend, with no changes other than the dollar takes.  Inside Out 2 remained on top, adding $1,050,813 from 120 screens to…

Still top, Inside Out 2 played 117 screens over the weekend, took $1,097,599 and now has a total take of $6,051,801. Again in second place, Despicable Me 4 also played 117 screens, adding $775,556 for a gross of $4,291,910. Inside…

The first weekend chart of the second half of the year looked exactly like the last weekend chart of the first half of the year, at least as far as the podium positions were concerned.  Inside Out 2, on 113…

Two new arrivals took podium places over the weekend, with Inside Out 2 taking the bragging rights. It opened at #1 on 109 screens with a take of $2,031,479 and a total of $2,759,331, immediately making it one of the…

Despicable Me 4 opened in top spot, restoring the million dollar plus opening weekend exhibitors love – and need – these days. On 110 screens, the film took $1,406,626 – over six times the amount its closest rival took. The…

Holding steady in the top spot over the weekend was Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which added $327,187 from 97 screens, to lift its total to $857,497, making it the only big recent studio release to complete two weekends without…

The pattern of weekend podium placings we highlighted in last week’s report repeated again this week. The new arrival taking the top spot over the weekend this time was Bad Boys: Ride or Die, arriving on a modest 94 screens,…

The podium placings over the weekend followed a pattern that’s become familiar of late – a new arrival debuted in the top spot, pushing the previous weekend’s #1 and #2 down to second and third. This weekend it was The…

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…

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes continued to reign supreme, comfortably holding on to the top spot over the weekend. On 107 screens, it added $527,782 to take its total to $1,593,215. New arrival IF ended the weekend in…

To nobody’s surprise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ended its opening weekend in the #1 spot, taking $786,415 from 106 screens, and reminding everyone of how good Wētā is, just as the news broke of more Lord of…

The Fall Guy held on to the top spot, its take of $330,589 from 111 screens more than double that of the second-placed title. Fall Guy, despite mediocre reviews, has now passed the $1 million mark and grossed $1,142,618. Opening…

New arrival The Fall Guy topped the weekend chart, opening on 114 screens and taking $589,879. Including previews, the Ryan Gosling-Emily Blunt romp has grossed $698,277.  Continuing to benefit from the final weekend of the school holidays, Kung Fu Panda…

The school holidays buoyed Kung Fu Panda 4, which remained on top of an unchanged top three over the weekend. On 112 screens, Panda took $722,582 for a total of $2,895,676. At #2, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire added…