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Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw takes over $7m across weekend box office

Hannah Blackiston

August 6, 2019 10:16

After three weeks in the top spot, The Lion King has been toppled by Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, the latest movie in the Fast & Furious franchise. The movie took $7.24m across its first weekend in the Australian box office, showing across 296 screens.

The film, which is the ninth in the Fast & Furious franchise and the first spin-off, stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as Hobbs and Shaw, characters from the original film series, who are forced to team up against a common enemy.

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Hannah Blackiston

Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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Australian box office The Lion King Weekend Box Office

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