Movies
'Norbit' climbs to top spot in Oz box office
Published Wednesday, Mar 7 2007, 11:33 GMT | By Miriam Zendle
Eddie Murphy vehicle Norbit has topped the Australian box office charts this week.
The film stars Murphy as a number of characters, ranging from the geeky Norbit to his morbidly obese wife Rasputia, as well as the Asian man who adopts Murphy's character Norbit as a child. It tells the story of the relationship between Norbit and Rasputia, as well as Norbit's long-held passion for childhood crush Kate, who comes back into the picture later in the film
Norbit took AUS$1,42m in its debut weekend, coming in at second place below Rocky Balboa, which this week slipped to third place behind Music & Lyrics. Nicolas Cage film Ghost Rider and new release The Illusionist make up the rest of this week's top five.
Australia's top ten in full:
1. (2) Norbit - AUS$0.87m
2. (3) Music & Lyrics - AUS$0.84m
3. (1) Rocky Balboa - AUS$0.73m
4. (4) Ghost Rider - AUS$0.65m
5. (10) The Illusionist - AUS$0.5m
6. (5) Notes On A Scandal - AUS$0.49m
7. (-) Man Of The Year - AUS$0.41m
8. (6) The Good Shepherd - AUS$0.32m
9. (7) Miss Potter - AUS$0.2m
10. (90) The Queen - AUS$0.18m
The film stars Murphy as a number of characters, ranging from the geeky Norbit to his morbidly obese wife Rasputia, as well as the Asian man who adopts Murphy's character Norbit as a child. It tells the story of the relationship between Norbit and Rasputia, as well as Norbit's long-held passion for childhood crush Kate, who comes back into the picture later in the film
Norbit took AUS$1,42m in its debut weekend, coming in at second place below Rocky Balboa, which this week slipped to third place behind Music & Lyrics. Nicolas Cage film Ghost Rider and new release The Illusionist make up the rest of this week's top five.
Australia's top ten in full:
1. (2) Norbit - AUS$0.87m
2. (3) Music & Lyrics - AUS$0.84m
3. (1) Rocky Balboa - AUS$0.73m
4. (4) Ghost Rider - AUS$0.65m
5. (10) The Illusionist - AUS$0.5m
6. (5) Notes On A Scandal - AUS$0.49m
7. (-) Man Of The Year - AUS$0.41m
8. (6) The Good Shepherd - AUS$0.32m
9. (7) Miss Potter - AUS$0.2m
10. (90) The Queen - AUS$0.18m
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