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BO report: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children opens on top

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Fox's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has debuted on top of the box office, with long-weekend takings of $4.8 million.

Tim Burton's latest has knocked off The Secret Life of Pets, which fell 7 per cent to bring in $3.99 million. The Universal title now sits on $25.1 million after four weeks.

Just an inch behind Pets was Sony's The Magnificent Seven, which debuted on 250 screens and made $3.98 million.

The long weekend saw Warner Bros' Storks soar, with its takings of $2.3 million up 31 per cent on last week's debut. The animated film has now made $5.2 million overall.

Bridget Jones's Baby took a tumble this week, falling 33 per cent to ring up $2.16 million. Now on screens for three weeks, the Universal film sits just shy of $14 million.

Roadshow's Sully also fell, down 25 per cent on last week with takings of $1.4 million. The Clint Eastwood film has now made $11.2 million after four weeks.

Disney's Pete's Dragon was up 3 per cent this week, making $1.4 million and taking its cume to $5.6 million after three weeks.

Fellow Disney title Snowden, showing on 84 screens, fell 37 per cent in its second week and now sits on $1.3 million overall. Just behind it was Roadshow's Nerve, which is on $4.3 million after five weeks.  

Rounding out the top ten was Madman's Indian title M.S Dhoni: The Untold Story, which debuted with takings of $298,391 from 30 screens.

Among Aussie titles, Sony's Spin Out, now showing on 96 screens, is on $651,517 after three weeks.

Umbrella's Girl Alseep, showing on 24 screens, has made $189,947 after four weeks, while Transmission's Embrace has rung up $249,960 after nine weeks.

Madman's New Zealand film Hunt for the Wilderpeople is still showing in 33 locations after 19 weeks, and has made $11.2 million overall.
 

*This week's BO Report included takings from Monday October 3, taking into account the Labour Day long weekend in NSW, SA and ACT

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