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'Chronicle' tops Australian box office in first week at cinema
Published Tuesday, Feb 7 2012, 05:54 GMT | By Rebecca Davies | Add comment
Chronicle has topped the Australian box office with almost $3 million in its first week at the cinema.
The Josh Trank-directed sci-fi film, which tells the story of three high school friends who discover they have superpowers, narrowly fends off competition from George Clooney's The Descendants, which took $1,321,903 over the weekend.
Kate Beckinsale's Underworld: Awakening, which was last week's number one movie, drops down to third place, followed by Australian wedding comedy A Few Best Men.
In fifth place is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which made $708,678 in ticket sales, closely followed by last week's number five Hugo, with $688,314.
Other films in the top ten include Daniel Craig thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
The Australian box office top ten in full below (figures in Australian dollars):
1. (-) Chronicle - $2,923,849
2. (2) The Descendants - $1,321,903
3. (1) Underworld: Awakening - $1,099,157
4. (3) A Few Best Men - $1,088,020
5. (8) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - $708,678
6. (5) Hugo - $688,314
7. (6) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $644,966
8. (9) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $611,460
9. (4) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $591,988
10. (-) Man on a Ledge - $469,838
Watch the trailer for Chronicle below:
The Josh Trank-directed sci-fi film, which tells the story of three high school friends who discover they have superpowers, narrowly fends off competition from George Clooney's The Descendants, which took $1,321,903 over the weekend.
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Kate Beckinsale's Underworld: Awakening, which was last week's number one movie, drops down to third place, followed by Australian wedding comedy A Few Best Men.
In fifth place is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which made $708,678 in ticket sales, closely followed by last week's number five Hugo, with $688,314.
Other films in the top ten include Daniel Craig thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
The Australian box office top ten in full below (figures in Australian dollars):
1. (-) Chronicle - $2,923,849
2. (2) The Descendants - $1,321,903
3. (1) Underworld: Awakening - $1,099,157
4. (3) A Few Best Men - $1,088,020
5. (8) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - $708,678
6. (5) Hugo - $688,314
7. (6) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $644,966
8. (9) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - $611,460
9. (4) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $591,988
10. (-) Man on a Ledge - $469,838
Watch the trailer for Chronicle below:
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