Emily Blunt’s A Quiet Place unable to beat Peter Rabbit as it earns $2.42m in first weekend at box office
Thriller film A Quiet Place – which topped the US box office – pulled in $2.42m on its local weekend debut for Paramount, leaving it in third place.
Last week’s weekend box office champion, Steven Spielberg’s take on sci-fi novel Ready Player One, was knocked into second place with $2.56m this weekend, with Sony Pictures’ children’s film Peter Rabbit back on top thanks to $2.90m in ticket sales. After two weeks in theatres, Ready Player One has now earned $8.73m in total. Peter Rabbit, which has been in local theatres one week longer, has earned $14.93m.
American comedy Blockers, which features John Cena and Leslie Mann, also had its third week in cinemas, pulling in an additional $1.73m, taking its total to $6.86m, according to the Motion Pictures Distributors Association of Australia.
Love, Simon’s total increased by $915,300 this weekend, taking its total earnings to $3.51m.
Sherlock Gnomes also had its weekend debut, pulling in $783,488 for Paramount, ahead of Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, which added $685,197, taking its total to $3.97m.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Rabbit (Sony) | $2,902,240 | 406 | $14,932,905 |
| Ready Player One (Roadshow) | $2,558,309 | 404 | $8,730,448 |
| Quiet Place, A (Paramount) | $2,421,780 | 282 | $2,592,660 |
| Blockers (Universal) | $1,732,702 | 349 | $6,855,561 |
| Love, Simon (Fox) | $915,300 | 225 | $3,510,175 |
| Sherlock Gnomes (Paramount) | $783,488 | 281 | $1,840,971 |
| Wrinkle In Time, A (Disney) | $685,197 | 301 | $2,475,792 |
| Pacific Rim: Uprising (Universal) | $485,870 | 240 | $5,408,740 |
| Black Panther (Disney) | $440,641 | 180 | $39,686,085 |
| The Death Of Stalin (Madman) | $302,806 | 59 | $1,210,445 |
| Tomb Raider (Wb) | $219,963 | 244 | $6,353,649 |
| Red Sparrow (Fox) | $150,412 | 102 | $9,664,862 |
| Early Man (Studiocanal) | $135,405 | 183 | $457,627 |
| The Greatest Showman (Fox) | $125,376 | 82 | $33,721,420 |
| Paul Apostle Of Christ (Sony) | $102,697 | 45 | $449,034 |
| Baaghi 2 (Mindblowing Films) | $88,116 | 27 | $471,700 |
| Finding Your Feet (Eone) | $82,601 | 91 | $5,211,250 |
| The Other Side Of Hope (Palace) | $68,511 | 20 | $439,068 |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox) | $53,642 | 47 | $11,761,534 |
| I Can Only Imagine (Crossroads) | $45,055 | 32 | $728,457 |
Top 20 still coming?
No chart this time?
Hi Stanislav, we had a technical glitch which meant we couldn’t post the chart last night. We fixed it this morning.