Beauty and the Beast takes top spot at weekend box office
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast live action remake has taken first place at the weekend box office, bringing in $13.145m.
The film, starring Emma Watson, is a modern take on Disney’s original 1991 animated classic, which tells the story of Belle, a young woman who falls in love her captor, the Beast.
Beauty and the Beast has made $14.892m since its premiere on March 23.
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Fox’s animated film The Boss Baby held second place over the weekend, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report.
The comedy, which tells the story of a baby who wears a suit, and speaks like a corporate executive, managed to rake in $2.743m in its first weekend at box office, across 259 screens.
Life – the story of a six member crew on the International Space Station who discover extraterrestrial life on Mars – came in at third over the weekend, earning $1.548m at box office.
In fourth spot, Roadshow’s Power Rangers managed $1.354m at its first weekend box office.
Kong: Skull Island slipped from first to fifth place over the weekend, making a total of $1.098m, down from last week’s earnings of $3.133m.
The film has made $11.444m since its premiere.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty And The Beast (Disney) | $13,145,217 | 706 | $14,892,982 |
| The Boss Baby (Fox) | $2,743,269 | 259 | $5,287,487 |
| Life (Sony) | $1,548,914 | 305 | $1,582,586 |
| Power Rangers (Roadshow) | $1,354,068 | 233 | $1,354,068 |
| Kong: Skull Island (Wb) | $1,098,813 | 297 | $11,444,650 |
| Logan (Fox) | $1,071,204 | 288 | $21,400,954 |
| Hidden Figures (Fox) | $410,429 | 256 | $16,191,679 |
| Peppa Pig My First Cinema Experience: Peppa's Australian Holiday (Eone) | $307,655 | 242 | $1,675,767 |
| Lion (Transmission) | $169,765 | 245 | $28,983,899 |
| Jasper Jones (Madman) | $122,153 | 106 | $2,274,446 |
| Loving (Eone) | $91,908 | 40 | $387,446 |
| Moonlight (Roadshow) | $75,339 | 73 | $2,317,337 |
| The Eagle Huntress (Sony) | $69,730 | 23 | $244,702 |
| Cure For Wellness, A (Fox) | $60,548 | 100 | $543,228 |
| Manchester By The Sea (Universal) | $59,598 | 60 | $2,998,051 |
| T2: Trainspotting (Sony) | $52,248 | 22 | $2,662,186 |
| Rammstein: Paris (Trafalgar) | $50,634 | 16 | $50,634 |
| Alone In Berlin (Icon) | $44,323 | 39 | $622,172 |
| The Salesman (Hi Gloss Entertainment) | $32,248 | 17 | $295,938 |
| Before I Fall (Roadshow) | $25,102 | 27 | $1,156,805 |
