Box Office

2023 ended on a Sunday, the final weekend chart neatly closing off the box office numbers for the year. In a couple of weeks, we’ll take a look at the performance of NZ titles at the box office across the…

Wonka held the top spot over the weekend leading into Christmas. On 122 screens, the film added $772,546 to lift its gross to $2,379,226.  Arriving at #2 on its opening weekend, Rajkumar Hirani’s comedy drama Dunki (above) took $207,540 off…

Wonka opened on 123 screens, earned $1,032,35 and took the top spot on the last weekend before the holidays.  Next Goal Wins, on 120 screens, dropped off the top of the table and added $181,794 to lift its gross to…

Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins won on its opening weekend, scoring $297,721 from 199 screens to gross $384,801 including previews. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes dropped to #2, and is still playing on 109 screens. It…

Still at #1, on 118 screens, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes took $426,032 over last weekend and now has a gross of $2,702,471. New arrival at #2, Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Indian action film Animal played a…

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes held on to the top spot over the weekend. It played on 120 screens and took $591,602 to push its gross past $2 million to $2,055,267. Opening on 115 screens, Napoleon…

In the face of plenty of international media coverage on how poorly it’s performing, The Marvels topped the chart here on its opening weekend. It played 103 screens, taking $456,989 for a gross including previews of $578,315. Five Nights at…

There were no fireworks in the podium placings over the weekend, which remained unchanged, but plenty of action involving eight NZ titles currently on release.  In the top three, Five Nights at Freddy’s continued to hold the top spot, adding…

Appropriately enough, the last weekend box office chart before Hallowe’en saw lots of titles that focus, in one way or another, on horror.  The most recent adaptation of a computer game, Five Nights at Freddy’s took the top spot. Earning…

Despite opening on 114 screens, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (above) couldn’t topple Taylor Swift: The ERAS Tour, which retained the top spot. On its second weekend, ERAS took $333680 to reach $998,637 and will be comfortably past…

As well as finding time over last weekend to attend football games and pop up on Saturday Night Live, Taylor Swift also took the box office crown in plenty of territories, including NZ. Taylor Swift: The ERAS Tour opened on…

The song remained the same over the closing weekend of the school holidays, with no movement in the top three titles from the previous weekend.  PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie added $251,487 from 108 screens to remain #1 and pass…

Over last weekend PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie hung on to the top spot, by a small margin,  playing 106 screens, and adding $358,445 to extend its total take to $799,394.  Coming a closer second on its opening weekend, Disney’s The Creator played 101…

The school holidays kicked off with PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie settling into the top spot on its opening weekend. The dogs took $217,43 off 99 screens, seeing off last week’s #1 The Nun II, which fell to fifth. Still at #2, A…