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BO Report: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ on top, ‘I Am Not Madame Bovary’ surprises

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. 

Warner Bros' Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has topped the box office, debuting with a whopping $9.7 million. The J.K. Rowling penned prequel to the Harry Potter franchise opened on 287 screens; an average of $33,705.

A long way behind was Disney's Doctor Strange, which took $1.2 million; a fall of 53 per cent. With four week on screens, the Marvel film has amassed $18 million overall.

Roadshow's Arrival, now in its second week, dropped 47 per cent to take $1.2 million. The aIien sci-fi has made $4.1 million so far.

Icon's Hacksaw Ridge dropped 38 per cent in its third week to bring in $824,687. Mel Gibson's directorial comeback now sits just under $5 million overall. 

The Accountant took $681,800 over its third weekend; WB's action thriller now sits on $4.4 million. Also in its third week, eOne's Michael Fassbender-starrer The Light Between Oceans collected $326,851, bringing its total to $2.1 million.

Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals, now in its second week, took $308,189. The Universal title sits on $1.2 million overall. Behind it was eOne's The Girl on The Train, which took $224,613, taking its cume to $15.5 million.

China Lion Entertainment's satire I Am Not Madame Bovary  showing on only 15 screens  debuted with $83,402; an impressive screen average of $5,560.

Rounding out the top ten was Paramount's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which has now taken $6.2 million after five weeks.

Ronin's feature documentary Ella, the story of the first Indigenous dancer in the Australian Ballet, opened on $4,238 from just four screens; an average of $1,060.  

Joe Cinque's Consolation, still on six screens after six weeks, has made $179,009 overall. Pinnacle Films' The Legend of Ben Hall has already picked up $8,224; it opens officially December 1. Cinema Live's Australian Ballet: Cinderella, on two screens, is on $21,783 after two weeks. 

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