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Separation City opens with $15K

By Brendan Swift

New Zealand romantic comedy Separation City has taken more than $15,000 in its opening weekend.

The feature, starring Joel Edgerton and TV star Rhona Mitra, was shown on 15 screens resulting in a subdued screen average of just $1,019.

Meanwhile, another limited release, Girl Clock!, continued a solid run across three Brisbane cinemas.

The low-budget comedy, which was shown at the recent Australian Film Festival, took a further $7,418 in its second week, boosting its overall tally to $20,092.

Among major releases, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp and Australia’s Mia Wasikowska, took more than $10.3 million in its opening weekend.

The result, accrued across 448 screens, bolstered its screen average to an impressive $23,163.

Only two major Australian films are currently being shown in cinemas and both are nearing the end of their run.

Indigenous musical Bran Nue Dae added a further $77,159 across its 93 screens. It has now taken $7.23 million at the box office in its eighth week.

And vampire film Daybreakers added $20,524 across just 21 screens in its fifth week at cinemas, pushing its total to just over $2.42 million.

Film
 Budget
 Distributor
 Opening w/e
Screen avg (no. screens)
 Box Office
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bran Nue Dae
$6.5m
Roadshow
$1,612,102
$830 (93)
$7,231,477
Daybreakers
$20m est.
Hoyts
$1,064,244
$977 (21)
$2,420,558
Girl Clock!
 
The Pack
$4,061
$2,473 (3)
$20,092
Separation City
$4.8m
Hoyts
$15,278
$1,019 (15)
$15,278
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
$9,687,405