US Boxing drama Southpaw has fought back in its second weekend at the box office to knock the fifth installment in the National Lampoon's Vacation film series out of the top spot.
The Antoine Fuqua director film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy Hope and Rachel McAdams as his wife Maureen, took almost $1.3 million on the weekend on 193 screens.
This was a drop of 17 per cent compared to its first weekend of takings and took its total Australian box office to almost $3.4 million.
Soutpaw took $17 million on its first weekend in the US and was made on an estimated budget of $US30 million.
While Vacation, starring Ed Helms as Rusty Griswold and Christina Applegate as Debbie Grisworld), lost the number one spot, it still collected more than $1 million.
This took its Aussie tally to about $3.2 million, while in the US, it opened with $US15million on an estimated budget of $31 million.
Ricki and the Flash, starring Meryle Streep as a rocker who returns home to make things right with her family, also had a solid opening with about $1.1 million on 238 screens.
Joel Edgerton's The Gift impressed Australian audiences, taking almost $800,000 in its first weekend.
Edgerton directs and stars in the film about a young married couple's, whose lives are thrown into a tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's (Jason Batemen) past brings mysterious gifts and a terrible secret to light after more than 20 years.
This follows its success in US, where it took $12 million on its opening weekend with an estimated budget of $5 million.
The Gift ranked in fifth place behind Trainwreck, which has now collected more than $12 million at the box office.
Last Cab to Darwin overtook Hitman: Agent 47 and Man From U.N.C.LE to grab seventh spot with about $700,000. This bring its accumulated revenue to $5,482,004.
Neil Armfield's Holding the Man also claimed 11th spot on its opening weekend, taking $277,471 on just 37 screens.