Australian Box Office Report (21st - 24th April 2005)

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Here's the Top 20 films sitting at the Australian Box Office for the weekend Thursday the 21st to Sunday the 24th of April 2005.



Interpret this: You're #1

(1) (2) THE INTERPRETER
(2) (1) THE PACIFIER
(3) (Debut) IN GOOD COMPANY
(4) (3) ROBOTS
(5) (4) THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
(6) (5) SAHARA
(7) (Debut) WHITE NOISE
(8) (6) GUESS WHO
(9) (7) HOSTAGE
(10) (Debut) THE EXTRA
(11) (8) MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS
(12) (Debut) DOWNFALL
(13) (Debut) FAT ALBERT
(14) (Debut) THREE DOLLARS
(15) (9) SON OF THE MASK
(16) (12) LADIES IN LAVENDER
(17) (13) MILLION DOLLAR BABY
(18) (10) HITCH
(19) (11) THE RING TWO
(20) (15) FIVE CHILDREN AND IT

After a steady rise to the top and claiming the spot for 2 weeks, THE PACIFIER has been dethroned by Nicole Kidman's language skills in THE INTERPRETER. The Sydney Pollack directed thriller lost only 21% of its interest over the weekend, to jump up one spot to the top with $1,317,374, sending the film to a total of $3,644,236 (US $41,901,964). Vin Diesel's dometic ways dropped 40% for a good hold at #2 with a 5 week total of $9,582,191 (US $110,177,450), now the third highest grossing film of the year. Entering at #3 was the well publicised and reviewed comedy/drama IN GOOD COMPANY, which picked up a neat $993,441 (US $11,422,731). Horror outing THE AMITYVILLE HORROR saw a relatively low drop of only 24% in its second week as it held in the Top 5 with a further $763,630, taking the Ryan Reynolds flick to $2,186,595 (US $25,141,792). SAHARA continues to hold well for McConaughey and co. as it slipped a minor 23% this week. After 3 weeks in play the adventure has accumulated $4,178,549 (US $48,045,574). Unsurprisingly, the Michael Keaton thriller WHITE NOISE made little impact in the charts, debuting at #7 with an underwhelming $669,266 (US $7,695,319). Another new entry failing to make waves was the Aussie comedy THE EXTRA which continued the tradition of under-performing local made productions. Starring comedian Jimoein and super-model Kristy Hinze, it scooped up $344,953 (US $3,966,320). Proving to be a bigger hit downunder than in the states, but still not even coming close to taking over the original, MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS left the Top 10 this week after a 4 week stay. The Sandra Bullock lead comedy has scored a healthy $7,799,793 (US $89,683,174). The war drama DOWNFALL, the family comedy FAT ALBERT and the Aussie drama THREE DOLLARS all followed each other debuting at #12, #13 and #14 respectively, however it's Albert that flopped the hardest as the other productions didn't open as wide. The Cosby creation was dismissed with $185,157 (US $2,128,962) on its 121 screens, whilst, on 22 and 15 screens, respectively, Downfall ended up with $262,143 (US $3,014,159), and Three Dollars with $169,076 (US $1,944,060). Bringing their time on the charts to an end this week were Will Smith and Naomi Watts who simultaneously dipped 55% with their respective vehicles HITCH and THE RING TWO. The romantic comedy, which has enjoyed 8 weeks in play, will bow out with a stellar $14,016,222 (US $161,160,594), whilst the horror sequel sits comfortable with $5,306,210 (US $61,011,587) after 5 weeks.

THIS WEEK (April 28th): Kidman conceives controversy; We read the essential universal handbook; and Ice Cube picks up from where Vin Diesel left off.

• Birth
• The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
• XXX2: The Next Level

IN THE WEEKS TO COME:

• Kingdom of Heaven
• The Woodsman
• Crash
• Boogeyman
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• Melinda & Melinda
• The Longest Yard

FLASHBACK: This time last year


Uma kills it
(1) KILL BILL: VOLUME 2
(2) STARSKY & HUTCH
(3) STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
(4) SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED
(5) THE CAT IN THE HAT

Highest Debut - KILL BILL: VOLUME 2 - $3,065,308
Highest Gross - THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST - $14,326,237