Cinemas experience quiet box office weekend ahead of release of new Star Wars film

Alex Hayes

December 14, 2015 4:34

The last seven days saw takings at the Australian box office down on previous weeks, with most studios holding their new releases back ahead of Thursday’s release of the latest Star Wars – The Force Awakens.

The Hunger Games, Spectre, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Creed were the top four for a second in a row, all taking ticket sales of more than $1m.

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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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Creed Star Wars The Hunger Games

4 COMMENTS

blc1981 14 Dec 15

Pretty sure it’s $50million of presales in the US, not Australia 🙂

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Nic Christensen 15 Dec 15

Hi blc1981,

Thanks for flagging. Now corrected.

Cheers

Nic – Mumbrella

JB 15 Dec 15

The forks….. USE THE FORKS!!!

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Old Ben 15 Dec 15

As if millions of voices suddenly cried out…and were suddenly silenced.

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