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 into the top 3 over the weekend. On 105 screens, it added $140,664 and has now passed $6 million. It has a total take of $6,110,074, although it’ll need some extra legs to climb above Whale Rider on the all-time top ten. Across the ditch, Tinā held on to the #5 spot on its second weekend, and has now taken over AU$2 million there, considerably more than every Aussie feature currently on its first run.
The film Tinā pushed off the podium, A Minecraft Movie, took $136,049 for a total of $9,744,568.
Seven other NZ films played in cinemas over the weekend.
Of those on their first run, Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds did the best, placing at #10 and adding $32,426 on its second weekend to gross $143,101 to date.
South Island-shot post-apocalypse western, Forgive Us All, opened on 31 screens and earned $8,644.
The People We Love added $6,705 on its second weekend, for a total of $20,899.
Maurice & I added $249 from a single screen; Project Fiftyone took $93 and now has a total of $11,578; and The Rule of Jenny Pen took $28 to lift its total to $48,554.
Titles opening this week include musical thriller (yep) Hurry Up Tomorrow, with a cast including The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega; and comedy horror Final Destination Bloodlines, from the “bloody successful franchise” which, this far down the track, features pretty much no actor you’ve really heard of. Thanks, as always, go to Numero for providing the data that powers our box office reporting.
