Australian Box Office Report: Everest sticks around at the peak

Despite a couple of debuts and perfectly timed family films, Everest has stemmed the tide and held onto top spot. The adventure flick made $2.2 million in its second week in Australia and $13 million in The US. It sits on a comfortable worldwide gross of $98 million – an achievement due to its relatively limited release.

I suppose I was wrong last week when I mentioned Pixels’ imminent downfall – the retro gaming inspired family film earned more than its previous week with $2.1 million putting it at a close number 2. It actually had a 10% increase in The States over its former weekend so maybe I should lay off the predictions for a while.

Last weeks openers did quite well for themselves too. Pan – Disney’s retelling of its classic tale – debuted at number 3  with $2 million. It’s yet to open in America but its promising start in Australia bodes well.

M. Night Shyamalan’s newest The Visit is doing great on its $5 million budget. It opened here with $1.1 million while a couple of weeks ago it had a wonderful $25 million opening in America. The master of suspense may be back to his masterful film making yet.

And although our homegrown Blinky Bill isn’t getting  a lot of attention (however it still hangs on at number 9), Oddball plants it feet in fourth position with $1.7 million. That brings its total down under to $4.5 million.

This week marks the release of Ridley Scott’s newest The Martian. Starring Matt Damon, the space flick is set on Mars as one man must conjure up a way to survive until help arrives. We’re also seeing the release of comedy The Intern starring Anne Hathaway and Robert De niro. It currently sits in second spot in The US.

All figures from The Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia and Box Office Mojo.

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