Birdman named Best Picture at Oscars but Fifty Shades of Grey continues to dominate box office

Miranda Ward

February 23, 2015 4:25

The Oscar winner for Best Picture Birdman pulled in $188,643 over the weekend, taking the film’s total Australian box office takings to $5.394m, as Fifty Shades of Grey dominated the weekend box office for the second weekend in a row.

Birdman, which stars Michael Keaton as former cinema superhero Riggan Thomson who mounts an ambitious Broadway production that he hopes will breathe new life into his stagnant career, also picked up the Oscar for best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography.

Fifty Shades of Grey grabbed $3.984m across 545 screens over the weekend. The film has made a total of $17.264m in Australia since launching ten days ago.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.

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2 COMMENTS

David 24 Feb 15

I’m not sure Birdman deserves Oscar.. but sure Grey doesnt

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Rushdie 24 Feb 15

I don’t get it. The3 story was 50 Shades of Grey made it because woman were read it on Ipads without anyone knowing what they were reading. Now everyone’s flocking to see it, in public! Huh?

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