Dawn of the Planet of the Apes pushes Transformers to third place

Miranda Ward

July 14, 2014 4:48

Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has dominated in the weekend box office pushing Transformers: Age of Extinction into third place.

The sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes took in $6.132m across 579 screens over the weekend, taking its total Australia box office to $7.096m. It premiered in Australia last Thursday.

Transformers: Age of Extinction, which topped the weekend box office last weekend, brought in $2.704m taking its total Australian box office to $23.492m.

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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.