Turbo charges to the top of the box office
Dreamworks’ animated feature Turbo topped the Australian box office this weekend taking $1,499,347 across 394 screens, narrowly beating Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters which took home $1,409,136 across 381 screens. Both films, distributed locally by Fox, opened this weekend.
Rounding out a school holiday focussed trifecta at the top end of the box office, The Smurfs 2 made $1,237,578 on 413 screens. All three titles beat Disney animation Planes which opened on 397 screens and made just $757,270.
It was a tough weekend at the box office with so many youth-oriented titled jostling for sales. The official opening of Morgan Spurlock’s documentary about One Direction, One Direction: This Is Us was showing on 367 screens but made just $881,305.
BOX OFFICE TOP 20
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turbo (Fox) | $1,499,347 | 394 | $1,679,477 |
| Percy Jackson: The Sea Of Monsters (Fox) | $1,409,136 | 381 | $1,411,292 |
| The Smurfs 2 (Sony) | $1,237,578 | 413 | $3,809,064 |
| Blue Jasmine (Eone /hopscotch) | $929,329 | 125 | $2,562,016 |
| White House Down (Sony) | $926,044 | 267 | $5,163,078 |
| One Direction: This Is Us (Sony) | $881,305 | 367 | $1,018,282 |
| Planes (Disney) | $757,270 | 397 | $757,270 |
| Riddick (Roadshow) | $679,018 | 185 | $2,400,738 |
| Now You See Me (Eone /hopscotch) | $538,923 | 145 | $15,817,715 |
| We're The Millers (Wb) | $370,506 | 148 | $9,125,494 |
| Elysium (Sony) | $299,293 | 148 | $11,402,378 |
| R.i.p.d. (Universal) | $247,316 | 167 | $938,366 |
| Red 2 (Eone /hopscotch) | $206,627 | 142 | $4,043,081 |
| The Best Offer (Paramount) | $147,387 | 87 | $1,437,174 |
| The Mortal Instruments: The City Of Bones (Roadshow) | $67,100 | 68 | $3,765,953 |
| Jobs (Pinnacle Films) | $64,093 | 42 | $1,568,084 |
| I'm So Excited (Paramount) | $52,962 | 20 | $107,141 |
| The Rocket (Curious Films) | $35,702 | 15 | $331,783 |
| Hidden Universe 3d (Imax) | $29,383 | 2 | $90,765 |
| Stories We Tell (Palace) | $26,431 | 16 | $96,505 |
Figures courtesy of MPDAA.
