Jack crosses half-million mark, Mao makes U$1m
Nadia Tass’ drama Matching Jack (Twentieth Century Fox) earned $189,543 this weekend, for a total of $615,000 from 186 screens, average $1,019 – down from last week’s $1,387.
Meanwhile, in the US, Mao’s Last Dancer crossed the U$1m line.
The New Zealand hit Boy (Paramount/Transmission) entered the Australian charts at number nine with $275,026 from 41 screens – average $6,708. Not a bad beginning for the most successful local film ever across the Tasman.
$615,000 from 186 screens? Screen average of $1300 per screen – that averages out at 4 audience members per session per week!
Not a good result at all, considering the film prints would have cost close to $300K.
What were Fox thinking they were going to achieve with this film anyway?