By Adam Coleman
Bruce Beresford’s Mao’s Last Dancer has continued to top the local box office taking more than $8.9 million and entering the top 25 highest grossing Australian films of all time, after only its third week.
Road movie Charlie & Boots continues to hold second spot, taking more than $3.6 million after its seventh week at the local box office.
Roadshow-distributed Beautiful Kate has passed the $1.5 million mark in its eleventh week but its momentum is slowing.
At the US box office, The Boys are Back, Scott Hicks’ chamber piece of interconnected relationships, has taken $US563,000 since opening on September 25, according to Box Office Mojo. The Hopscotch-distributed film is set for a local release on November 12.
Jane Campion’s Bright Star was given a wider release in the US than The Boys are Back and hasn’t dissapointed, taking more than $US3.5 million since opening there on September 16. The film, will open locally on boxing day this year.
The total box office for 2009 local releases is $26,257,308.
|
Film
|
Budget
|
Distributor
|
Opening w/e
|
Weeks
|
Box Office
|
|
Mao’s Last Dancer
|
$25m
|
Roadshow/Hopscotch
|
$ 2,754,620
|
3
|
$ 8,978,058
|
|
Charlie & Boots
|
$8m est.
|
Paramount/Transmission
|
$ 809,279
|
7
|
$ 3,642,512
|
|
Samson and Delilah
|
$1.6m
|
Para/Trans/Footprint
|
$ 199,163
|
22
|
$ 3,173,103
|
|
Beautiful Kate
|
$6m
|
Roadshow
|
$ 273,582
|
11
|
$ 1,510,684
|
|
Mary and Max
|
$8m
|
Icon
|
$ 217,176
|
15
|
$ 1,444,617
|
|
Balibo
|
$4.5m
|
Para/Trans/Footprint
|
$ 206,290
|
10
|
$ 1,223,009
|
|
Disgrace
|
$10m
|
Icon
|
$ 209,014
|
15
|
$ 1,166,294
|
|
My Year Without Sex
|
$3.8m
|
Para/Trans/Footprint
|
$ 177,522
|
19
|
$ 1,127,838
|
|
Love the Beast
|
Madman
|
$ 241,982
|
9
|
$ 777,351
|
|
|
The Combination
|
$1.169m
|
AFS
|
$ 188,054
|
11
|
$ 727,586
|
|
Blessed
|
$4m
|
Icon
|
$ 67,186
|
6
|
$ 427,602
|
|
Last Ride
|
$4m
|
Madman
|
$ 76,459
|
13
|
$ 369,712
|
|
Wake in Fright
|
$700,000*
|
Madman
|
$ 25,446
|
17
|
$ 310,725
|
|
Two Fists, One Heart
|
$8.5m
|
BVI
|
$ 96,999
|
2
|
$ 295,500
|
|
Cedar Boys
|
$1.36m
|
Hoyts/Mushroom
|
$ 74,793
|
5
|
$ 204,160
|
|
Subdivision
|
$4m est.
|
BVI
|
$ 86,649
|
3
|
$ 190,500
|
|
Van Dieman’s Land
|
Madman
|
$ 39,939
|
4
|
$ 191,894
|
|
|
Stone Bros.
|
Australian Film Syndicate
|
$ 22,702
|
4
|
$ 68,907
|
|
|
Beautiful
|
$2m
|
Kojo/Jump Street
|
$ 22,406
|
6
|
$ 55,619
|
|
The Marriage of Figaro
|
$400,000
|
AFS
|
$ 13,693
|
5
|
$ 65,607
|
|
Closed for Winter
|
$2m
|
Omnilab Media
|
$ 19,449
|
6
|
$ 53,370
|
|
Shadows of the Past
|
$820,000
|
Summer Night
|
$ 13,927
|
16
|
$ 48,205
|
|
$9.99
|
$4m
|
Icon
|
$ 15,847
|
4
|
$ 47,520
|
|
Bastardy
|
$260,000
|
Film Camp
|
$ 7,822
|
8
|
$ 37,570
|
|
Lake Mungo
|
Darclight films
|
$ 9,730
|
5
|
$ 29,850
|
|
|
Lucky Country
|
$2m est.
|
Para/Trans/Footprint
|
$ 11,413
|
4
|
$ 26,141
|
|
The Burning Season
|
Gil Scrine/Freshwater
|
$ 3,848
|
5
|
$ 21,017
|
|
|
The Chifleys of Busby St
|
Ronin
|
$ 3,760
|
$ 13,658
|
||
|
Crush
|
$2m
|
Filmscope/Odin’s Eye
|
$ 8,304
|
1
|
$ 13,051
|
|
Three Blind Mice
|
Odin’s Eye/Titan View
|
$ 2,988
|
4
|
$ 7,416
|
|
|
Bad Bush
|
VVVF
|
$ 1,909
|
$ 3,961
|
||
|
Salvation
|
Hopscotch
|
$ 2,262
|
1
|
$ 3,182
|
|
|
Prey
|
$4m
|
Damage Releasing
|
$ 1,089
|
$ 1,089
|
|
|
Source: MPDAA
|
$26,257,308
|