“Toy Story 5” has kept the crown at the Australian box office, sitting at No. 1 for the third week in a row.
The film brought in a further $6.02 million over the weekend (Thursday, July 2nd-Sunday, July 5th), bringing its overall total to $27.91 million. “Minions & Monsters” once again sat in second place, grossing $3.94 million, followed by newcomer “jackass: best and last”, which debuted with $1.29 million.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone AU/NZ, “jackass: best and last” – the official final feature film of the iconic franchise – director Jeff Tremaine revealed that he and Johnny Knoxville initially intended only to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the stunt show, but not with a feature film.
It was widely accepted that 2022’s “Jackass Forever” was the final hurrah for the famous MTV crew but Knoxville shared that he didn’t intend for it to end… only his nasty run with concussions.
“…I think it was someone over on their end [Paramount] that suggested, why don’t you make a greatest hits movie?,” Tremaine said. “We thought that’s a kind of weird, interesting idea, and then we decided, yeah, let’s go get the gang back together and shoot some.”
“Supergirl” starring Australian Milly Alcock dropped to fourth with $1.13 million, bringing its total thus far to just $4.41 million. Despite arriving with one of the year’s biggest studio campaigns, the film launched well below expectation. A source familiar with the financials of “Supergirl” told Variety the losses will likely sit around US$80 million to US$85 million, assuming that worldwide ticket sales reach at least US$200 million.
“Obsession” rounded out the top five, earning $1.08 million during its eighth week, bringing its overall total to an impressive $22.7 million. “Disclosure Day” sat in sixth with $577,000, followed by “Backrooms” with $373,000, and “Dear You” with $360,00o. “Michael” and “Scary Movie” rounded out the top ten with $225,000 and $217,000, respectively.
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According to Hoyts, the top ten films contributed to 90% of the national weekend box office total. The top 20 films brought in $16.35 million total.