Toy Story 5 held the top spot on its second weekend. On 102 screens, it picked up an impressive $782,466 to gross $2,402,415 and no doubt generate plenty of good word-of-mouth before the school holidays begin.
At #2 another kid-friendly franchise title, Minions & Monsters, began its run on 105 screens, taking $454,112.
The #3 spot went to a third – if horribly under-performing – franchise title, in the shape of DC’s Supergirl. It played 99 screens for $377,669.
Also opening their runs in the top 10 over the weekend were Lan Hongchun’s Chinese family drama Dear You, which took $151,522 from 27 screens, and Ahmed Khan’s Indian action comedy Welcome to the Jungle, which took $142,634 from 35 screens.
The highest-placed local title over the weekend was Caterpillar at #25, playing 19 screens and earning $4,752 for a total of $354,116.
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Hamilton Gardens played 17 screens, adding $4,123 to gross $196,561 and plakce at #27.
Now in its 17th week, Tenor: My Name is Pati was down to 4 screens, and added $1,476 for $1,130,803.
Also on 4 screens, The Weed Eaters took $278 for a total of $51,100.
Sgt. Haane played 6 screens, taking $535 to lift its total to $284,434, while Moss & Freud played 4, adding $280 for $15,657.
Four titles came back to screens over the weekend, three of them on single screens, and led by a single-screen 10th anniversary outing for Christian Nicholson’s fabulously lo-fi sci-fi This Giant Papier Mache Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy, which took $1,505 to push its lifetime take to $25,394.
Margaret Gordon’s Life in One Chord took $253 from its appearance on a single screen, totalling $90,935; and Ant Timpson’s Bookworm added $168 for $469,126.
Lisa Burd’s No Tears on the Field added $24 from 2 screens, to gross $57,445.
Openers this week include Jackass: Best and Last and Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt, which is a reminder that Friday sees the start of the school holidays as well as this year’s Big Screen Symposium.
As always, our thanks go to Numero for the data driving these reports.
