FilmBuff84
03-09-2005, 07:48 AM
Here's the Top 20 films sitting at the Australian Box Office for the weekend Thursday the 3rd to Sunday the 6th of March 2005.
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Audiences hitch onto Hitch
(1) (Debut) HITCH
(2) (1) CONSTANTINE
(3) (2) THE AVIATOR
(4) (5) MILLION DOLLAR BABY
(5) (3) BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
(6) (4) SPANGLISH
(7) (9) SIDEWAYS
(8) (7) HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
(9) (6) HIDE AND SEEK
(10) (8) MEET THE FOCKERS
(11) (13) MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
(12) (12) HOTEL RWANDA
(13) (10) RAY
(14) (Debut) THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR
(15) (11) CLOSER
(16) (15) RACING STRIPES
(17) (18) THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
(18) (16) VERA DRAKE
(19) (17) FINDING NEVERLAND
(20) (19) THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE
After several weeks of uneventful openings, last week's CONSTANTINE kicked things off with its impressive $2.9 Million launch, and keeping things at a swift pace is HITCH which opened to a solid $3,507,820 (US $40,206,688) over the weekend, now the Biggest Opening Weekend gross of the year. Will Smith has quite a track record in Australia, with last years I, Robot opening to $4.6 Million, 2003's Bad Boys 2 coming out with $3.05 Million and 02's Men In Black 2 managing $5.3 Million. Trailing 57% in its second week, but sitll pulling in $1,296,649 was the aforementioned CONSTANTINE which has accumulated a neat $5,056,339 (US $57,955,837) after 2 weeks. As expected the Oscar wins for MILLION DOLLAR BABY saw the boxing drama take a rise over the weekend. The Clint Eastwood feature rose 24% in takings and has seen $4,848,679 (US $55,575,635) come its way since its opening 5 weeks ago. The Adam Sandler dramedy SPANGLISH saw a rather steep drop over the weekend, losing 62% of its audience. After 3 weeks it has an ok $2,455,923 (US $28,149,828) to its name. Making a surprise jump was the Maggie Smith vehicle MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA, which rose 6% over the weekend. 2 weeks in play has brought it $401,907 (US $4,606,664). Jamie Foxx's Oscar win didn't help RAY over the weekend as it dropped a further 37%. After 6 weeks the biopic has a neat $3,812,735 (US $43,701,629). The critically acclaimed THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR managed a debut at #14 for Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger, bringing in $105,047 (US $1,204,050) on 24 screens. Losing minor momentum over the weekend were THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES and THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE. The odd couple flicks saw the smallest drops off the week, 5% and 3% respectively. After 12 weeks the Gael Garcia Bernal drama has rounded in $3,018,009 (US $34,592,467), whilst the kiddie flick has turned $6,926,465 (US $79,391,251) in 9 weeks.
THIS WEEK (March 10th): John, Uma, Vince and The Rock look for the next big hit; Varsity blues for Billy Bob; Ice Cube has travel issues; and the Muai Thai Warrior checks in.
Be Cool
Friday Night Lights
Are We There Yet?
Ong-Bak
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IN THE WEEKS TO COME:
Hating Alison Ashley (Some friendships last forever)
Robots (Repair for adventure)
The Pacifier (Prepare for bottle)
The Ring 2 (Fear comes full circle)
Sahara (Adventure has a new destination)
Cursed (What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger)
Hostage (Would you sacrifice a family to save your own)
FLASHBACK: This time last year
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Still passionate
(1) THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
(2) THE MISSING
(3) MONA LISA SMILE
(4) ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
(5) LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Highest Debut - THE MISSING - $1,241,727
Highest Gross - LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING - $47,354,578
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JNPZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Audiences hitch onto Hitch
(1) (Debut) HITCH
(2) (1) CONSTANTINE
(3) (2) THE AVIATOR
(4) (5) MILLION DOLLAR BABY
(5) (3) BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
(6) (4) SPANGLISH
(7) (9) SIDEWAYS
(8) (7) HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
(9) (6) HIDE AND SEEK
(10) (8) MEET THE FOCKERS
(11) (13) MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA
(12) (12) HOTEL RWANDA
(13) (10) RAY
(14) (Debut) THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR
(15) (11) CLOSER
(16) (15) RACING STRIPES
(17) (18) THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
(18) (16) VERA DRAKE
(19) (17) FINDING NEVERLAND
(20) (19) THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE
After several weeks of uneventful openings, last week's CONSTANTINE kicked things off with its impressive $2.9 Million launch, and keeping things at a swift pace is HITCH which opened to a solid $3,507,820 (US $40,206,688) over the weekend, now the Biggest Opening Weekend gross of the year. Will Smith has quite a track record in Australia, with last years I, Robot opening to $4.6 Million, 2003's Bad Boys 2 coming out with $3.05 Million and 02's Men In Black 2 managing $5.3 Million. Trailing 57% in its second week, but sitll pulling in $1,296,649 was the aforementioned CONSTANTINE which has accumulated a neat $5,056,339 (US $57,955,837) after 2 weeks. As expected the Oscar wins for MILLION DOLLAR BABY saw the boxing drama take a rise over the weekend. The Clint Eastwood feature rose 24% in takings and has seen $4,848,679 (US $55,575,635) come its way since its opening 5 weeks ago. The Adam Sandler dramedy SPANGLISH saw a rather steep drop over the weekend, losing 62% of its audience. After 3 weeks it has an ok $2,455,923 (US $28,149,828) to its name. Making a surprise jump was the Maggie Smith vehicle MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA, which rose 6% over the weekend. 2 weeks in play has brought it $401,907 (US $4,606,664). Jamie Foxx's Oscar win didn't help RAY over the weekend as it dropped a further 37%. After 6 weeks the biopic has a neat $3,812,735 (US $43,701,629). The critically acclaimed THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR managed a debut at #14 for Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger, bringing in $105,047 (US $1,204,050) on 24 screens. Losing minor momentum over the weekend were THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES and THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE. The odd couple flicks saw the smallest drops off the week, 5% and 3% respectively. After 12 weeks the Gael Garcia Bernal drama has rounded in $3,018,009 (US $34,592,467), whilst the kiddie flick has turned $6,926,465 (US $79,391,251) in 9 weeks.
THIS WEEK (March 10th): John, Uma, Vince and The Rock look for the next big hit; Varsity blues for Billy Bob; Ice Cube has travel issues; and the Muai Thai Warrior checks in.
Be Cool
Friday Night Lights
Are We There Yet?
Ong-Bak
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/UrToxic/poster-becool.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/UrToxic/posterfridaynightlights2.jpg
IN THE WEEKS TO COME:
Hating Alison Ashley (Some friendships last forever)
Robots (Repair for adventure)
The Pacifier (Prepare for bottle)
The Ring 2 (Fear comes full circle)
Sahara (Adventure has a new destination)
Cursed (What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger)
Hostage (Would you sacrifice a family to save your own)
FLASHBACK: This time last year
http://movies.go.com/images/movies/p/passion_2004.jpghttp://movies.go.com/images/movies/m/themissing_2003.jpg
http://movies.go.com/images/movies/m/monalisasmile_2003.jpghttp://movies.go.com/images/movies/o/onceuponatimeinmexico_2002.jpg
Still passionate
(1) THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
(2) THE MISSING
(3) MONA LISA SMILE
(4) ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
(5) LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Highest Debut - THE MISSING - $1,241,727
Highest Gross - LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING - $47,354,578