Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight stays in top 10 but Deadpool dominates box office

Alex Hayes

February 29, 2016 4:26

Rebel Wilson’s latest film, How to be Single, managed to take $2.026m on its second weekend but could not match the box office pulling power of superhero movie Deadpool.

Freshly-minted Best Picture winner at the Oscars, Spotlight, maintained a spot in the top 10, taking $233,963 on 159 screens to take its total takings to $3.726m so far in Australia.

A quiet week for new releases meant The Marvel Comics’ adaptation Deadpool managed $4.421m on 418 screens to move its total takings past $33.5m locally, while Wilson’s film has now taken $6.19m.

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Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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