Killer Elite opens poorly at the box office

Action film Killer Elite has struggled in its opening weekend at the Australian box office, taking just $284,226, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

Starring a strong cast in Robert De Niro, Jason Stratham and Clive Owen, the film was directed by first-time feature filmmaker Gary McKendry, produced by Australian-based OmniLab Media and filmed in and around Melbourne, as well as Paris and London.

The film was released across 108 screens, averaging $2632 and ranked 13 in the weekend’s box office top 20.

Internationally the film has also struggled, taking around $US53m globally according to website Box Office Mojo,  $17m short of its budget, $US70m.

Released in September 2011 in the US, a local release was delayed until this weekend.