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BO Report: Suicide Squad beats Bourne, Ab Fab to take out top spot

Suicide Squad.

Despite mixed reviews, Suicide Squad, starring Aussie Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, has debuted on top of the box office, raking in an impressive $13.8 million.

Trailing well behind was Jason Bourne, which fell 54 per cent in its second week to bring in $3.6 million. The fifth installment in the series has rung up $13.5 million overall.

Eddie and Patsy's big screen adventure, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, had a darling debut, opening on $2.7 million.

Now in its third week, Star Trek Beyond fell 58 per cent, bringing in $739,233. The third film in the rebooted franchise has a cume so far of $8.3 million. 

Ghostbusters had weekend takings of $698,767, a 48 per cent drop, and has now made $11.4 million in its four weeks on screens.

Lights Out, directed by David F. Sandberg and produced by Aussie James Wan, fell 53 per cent in its third week with takings of $384,347. The horror film has grossed almost $2.9 million so far.

Disney's The BFG, now in its sixth week, has totalled $14.7 million so far. The studio's other film, Finding Dory, is on $47.8 million after eight weeks.  

Whit Stillman's Austen adaptation, Love & Friendship, starring Aussie Xavier Samuel, dropped 37 per cent in its third week, bringing in $212,179 from 91 screens to total $1.4 million.

The Legend of Tarzan brought in $212,017 over the weekend from 241 screens, a drop of 68 per cent. Starring Margot Robbie as Jane, the film has been on screens for five weeks and has totalled $11.8 million.

New Zealand film Hunt for the Wilderpeople sits just shy of the top ten with weekend takings of $164,057. The comedy has a total cume of $10.5 million after 11 weeks.

Aussie documentary Embrace, directed by Taryn Brumfitt, debuted this weekend on 15 screens to make $37,122.

Ivan Sen's Goldstone, now in its fifth week, was just behind, bringing in $29,885 from 48 screens over the weekend. Sen's film has now made $642,88 overall.

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