After just two weekends, 'Dune: Part Two' has already overtaken the lifetime gross of the first film.
'Dune: Part Two' has delivered cinemas their first blockbuster hit of 2024, with the sci-fi sequel posting the highest opening weekend of any film released since last July's 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'.
'Bob Marley: One Love' was the only film to crack $1 million mark at the box office last weekend, with cinemas quiet ahead of Thursday's release of 'Dune: Part Two'.
'Bob Marley: One Love' and 'Madame Web' had a tighter race for no. 1 at the box office in Australia than in the US. Meanwhile, 'Force of Nature: The Dry 2' is already ahead of every Australian film released in 2023 after just two weekends.
'Force of Nature', Robert Connolly's much anticipated follow up to 2021's 'The Dry', led the box office last weekend, marking the first time an Australian film has hit no. 1 since 'Elvis' in June 2022.
AppleTV+'s latest $US200 million blockbuster 'Argylle' was declared a flop in the US after a $US18 million start at the box office, but Australian audiences were a little warmer towards the film.
Australia's love affair with the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell rom-com 'Anyone But You' continues, with the film topping the box office once again over the long weekend, easily beating out 'Wonka' and Bollywood action thriller 'Fighter'.
Sydney-set rom-com 'Anyone But You' reigned at the box office last weekend, just knocking out 'Wonka' and 'Mean Girls'.