Great to see a comedy top the box office this week with Dirty Grandpa, in its first week taking $3 million / Journalist drama Spotlight opens at number 5 / Oscar favourite The Revenant holds very strong – now its fourth week of release – with over $16 million total gross to date / In a win for R-rated films – Dirty G and Revenant are both rated MA15+ while third placed Hateful Eight is rated R18+.
AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE
Week ending 3rd February 2016
1. DIRTY GRANDPA (eONE) $3,031,867
2. THE REVENANT (20th Century Fox) $2,094,143
3. THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Roadshow) $1,719,548
4. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Walt Disney) $1,679,927
5. SPOTLIGHT (eONE) $1,235,369
6. THE BIG SHORT (Paramount) $1,087,298
7. THE 5TH WAVE (Sony) $1,029,762
8. GOOSEBUMPS (Roadshow) $979,196
9. SISTERS (Universal) $952,091
10. THE DANISH GIRL (Universal) $629,374
