“The Devil Wears Prada 2” has kept the Australian box office crown, grossing nearly $5 million in its third week.
In total, including the recent weekend’s (Thursday, May 14th-Sunday, May 17th) $4.92 million, the sequel to the iconic 2006 film, starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, has grossed $32.49 million in Australia.
In second place for another week was the Michael Jackson biopic, “Michael.” Now in its fourth week since release, “Michael” grossed $4.66 million, bringing its total to $32.86 million. It’s successful performance in Australia has mirrored that of the global box office – the film had the biggest opening weekend of all time for any musical biopic, with US$217 million. It also ranked as the year’s second-biggest global debut, behind Universal’s sequel “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” with US$372.5 million.
“The Sheep Detectives”, starring Hugh Jackman, jumped to third in its second week, grossing $1.49 million. It was followed by “Mortal Kombat II”, which features Kiwi actor Karl Urban and Australians Jessica McNamee and Josh Lawson, with $1.17 million. Both films debuted last week, with their totals sitting at $3.68 million and $3.95 million, respectively.
Curry Barker’s new horror-thriller “Obsession” debuted in fifth with $809,000, followed by Guy Ritchie’s “In the Grey”, starring Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal, which debuted with $593,000.
“Project Hail Mary” sat in seventh with a further $441,000, followed by “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” with a further $327,000. In ninth was a special 40th anniversary of “Top Gun” (with #TopGunDay falling over the weekend), which grossed $264,000.
Rounding out the top ten was a new Tamil film “Karuppu”, which debuted with $233,000.
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