Total Recall remake takes $2.3m on opening weekend

The remake of the 1990 action sci-fi film Total Recall has opened well at the top of the box office over the weekend.

The film, directed by Len Wiseman and starring Colin Farrell took $2.337m.

Distributed by Sony Pictures it averaged $6,916 across 338 screens, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

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