The Revenant beats Stars Wars at the box office while Goosebumps debuts with $2.8m

January 18, 2016 4:45

Leonardo Di Caprio’s new film The Revenant has beaten Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the first time since its release in December.

Last week the Di Caprio movie, which portrays the life of legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass and is directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, grossed $3.59m compared with $2.988m for Star Wars, which also had more screens, with 421 compared with 255.

Meanwhile the debut of horror-meets-humour movie Goosebumps, starring Jack Black, drew $2.88m over the weekend.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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