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BO Report: The Secret Life of Pets trumps Sully

The Secret Life of Pets.

Universal's The Secret Life of Pets has beaten out Roadshow's Sully, debuting on top of the Aussie box office.

Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney's animated feature bowed on 293 screens with a weekend gross of $4.75 million; a screen average of $16,683. The film's cume is now at $7.3 million.

Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, debuted on 255 screens to bring in $2.6 million over the weekend, boosting  total takings to just over $3 million.

Universal's Bridget Jones's Baby, still in previews ahead of its official release this Thursday, has already brought in $2.04 million from 242 screens.

Last week's number one, Don't Breathe, fell 27 per cent in its second week to bring in $945,842. The Sony film has made $2.7 million overall.

Now in its fifth week, Roadshow's Bad Moms fell 39 per cent, earning $796,037 from 267 screens. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's film has a cume of $13.8 million. Behind it was Roadshow's Nerve, which fell 24 per cent in its second week, bringing its overall takings to $2.1 million.

WB's Suicide Squad, still on 262 screens after six weeks, dropped 48 per cent to bring its cume to $32.9 million, while Uni's Jason Bourne fell 52 per cent in its seventh week, bringing its total to $21.2 million.

Madman's Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie debuted on 48 screens to bring in $363,512. Rounding out the top ten was Sony's Sausage Party which has made $8.6 million after five weeks.

Just shy of the top ten was Picturehouse Entertainment's Nick Cave documentary One More Time With Feeling, directed by Andrew Dominik, which brought $315,281 from 49 screens.

Umbrella's Girl Asleep, which debuted this week on 26 screens, brought in $45,402. The film now has a pot of $87,500, having already taken $42,098 from previews.

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