Taken 3 storms box office in opening weekend as nine films break million-dollar mark
Liam Neeson’s latest movie Taken 3 stormed the box office in its opening weekend, pulling in $5.580m across 287 screens on a weekend where the top nine movies each broke the million-dollar mark at the box office.
Since its premiere on Thursday, the action thriller has made $5.687m.
Another newcomer to the box office was Disney’s musical Into the Woods which pulled in $3.572m across 276 screens pushing The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies into third place.
The final Hobbit film grabbed $2.721m across 525 screens taking its total takings at the local box office to $29.342m.
The long-awaited Dumb and Dumber sequel, Dumb and Dumber To, also debuted at cinemas last Thursday, raking in $2.611m across 225 screens, just beating Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game, which has made $8.902m since its New Year’s Day release, taking in $2.606m over the weekend across 250 screens.
Kid friendly Penguins of Madagscar benefited from the school holidays, grabbing $2.455m across 425 screens to claim sixth place on the rankings, beating another animated film Big Hero 6 which took $2.351m.
Russel Crowe directed The Water Diviner took $1.695m on 285 screens, taking its total takings to $11.368m, while Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb got $1.318m of ticket sales.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 has fallen out of the top ten to 13th place after taking in $173,334 across 77 screens. To date the movie has made $33.810m at the local box office.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taken 3 (Fox) | $5,580,607 | 287 | $5,687,737 |
| Into The Woods (Disney) | $3,572,569 | 276 | $3,722,537 |
| The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (Wb) | $2,721,979 | 525 | $29,342,826 |
| Dumb And Dumber To (Universal) | $2,611,259 | 225 | $2,611,259 |
| The Imitation Game (Roadshow) | $2,606,160 | 250 | $8,902,459 |
| Penguins Of Madagascar (Fox) | $2,455,102 | 425 | $8,873,993 |
| Big Hero 6 (Disney) | $2,351,756 | 0 | $14,997,603 |
| The Water Diviner (Universal) | $1,695,677 | 285 | $11,368,081 |
| Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (Fox) | $1,318,651 | 0 | $10,897,056 |
| Paddington (Studiocanal) | $628,525 | 199 | $9,082,151 |
| Annie (Roadshow) | $338,806 | 159 | $5,167,346 |
| St. Vincent (Roadshow) | $327,969 | 0 | $2,835,813 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) | $173,334 | 77 | $33,810,953 |
| Mr. Turner (Transmission) | $159,264 | 35 | $1,226,100 |
| Alexander And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day (Disney) | $105,611 | 53 | $7,179,049 |
| Interstellar (Wb) | $83,814 | 25 | $20,436,471 |
| Nightcrawler (Madman) | $77,958 | 16 | $2,421,738 |
| Horrible Bosses 2 (Wb) | $61,276 | 0 | $6,788,069 |
| Exodus : Gods & Kings (Fox) | $53,880 | 35 | $8,596,436 |
| P.k. (Mindblowing Films) | $46,423 | 14 | $2,087,223 |
