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The Combination edges towards $500,000

By Simon de Bruyn

At the end of its second week in cinemas, The Combination is still on top of the limited release charts, raking in a further $57,000 in the past three days for a total of $477,000.

Click here to read about the film’s strong performance last weekend.

Playing on 34 screens, the Australian-Lebanese gang drama increased its per screen average to $6,139 for the week ending Wednesday March 11.

The Combination’s second week total of $208,717 is higher than the first week totals of The Secret Life of Bees ($185,770) and Dean Spanley ($121,396) which opened on 44 and 34 screens respectively.

Meanwhile, Aussie suburban-set thriller Beautiful has continued to limp along at the box office, ending its first week with $35,088 on 19 screens, after a disappointing $22,406 weekend. The film’s budget has been estimated at $2 million.

Love the Beast closed its preview week with $42,941 on 50 screens. It widens to 58 screens today.