Despite The Legend of Tarzan barrelling into cinemas with a tonne of marketing, Finding Dory still managed to come out on top in this weeks box office figures.
Dory racked up another AU$5 million but the real story is that in the U.S, it became the highest grossing domestic release of 2016, currently sitting on US$423 million.
Tarzan was only just beaten, earning AU$4.2 million. After only two weeks in theatres in The States, it has earned $81.8 million domestically.
The BFG, not to be outdone raked in another AU$3.3 million, keeping Central Intelligence at fourth spot with just over $3 million.
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Invites jumped in unexpectedly at fifth spot this week, making a very cool AU$2.4 million.
| # | Film Title | Distributor | Box Office |
| 1 | FINDING DORY | WALT DISNEY | $5,055,430 |
| 2 | THE LEGEND OF TARZAN | ROADSHOW | $4,280,405 |
| 3 | THE BFG | WALT DISNEY | $3,339,983 |
| 4 | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE | UNIVERSAL | $3,097,231 |
| 5 | MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES | FOX | $2,495,421 |
| 6 | ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE | FOX | $2,193,968 |
| 7 | INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE | FOX | $1,047,458 |
| 8 | ME BEFORE YOU | WARNER BROS | $829,314 |
| 9 | SULTAN | MINDBLOWING FILMS | $639,513 |
| 10 | HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE | MADMAN | $634,960 |
Next weeks report will finally inform us as to whether or not Ghostbusters‘ negative hype will stifle its opening figure.
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Demolition also opens, as does the Ewan McGregor thriller Our Kind of Traitor.
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