Never has there been more a sure thing than Captain America: Civil War smashing the box office – it took in $17.3 million in its first 7 days on Australian screens, $14 million more than second place and $8 million more than the rest of the top 10 combined / While Civil War‘s opening weekend gross was higher than April’s Batman vs Superman opening weekend ($13.9 and $13.1 million respectively), it’s 7-day gross is less ($17.3 and $18.1 million respectively) / Meanwhile the critical despised Mother’s Day opened at number 4, Chinese romantic comedy Finding Mr. Right 2 opened at number 9, and Australian comedy-drama A Month of Sundays opened at 10 taking $244K
AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE
Week ending 4th May 2016
1. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (Walt Disney) $17,372,748
2. THE JUNGLE BOOK (Walt Disney) $3,024,847
3. EDDIE THE EAGLE (20th Century Fox) $1,727,641
4. MOTHER’S DAY (Studiocanal) $1,716,038
5. THE BOSS (20th Century Fox) $731,684
6. ZOOTOPIA (Walt Disney) $607,953
7. ALLEGIANT (eONE) $605,458
8. FINDING MR. RIGHT 2 (Magnum Films) $320,799
9. EYE IN THE SKY (eONE) $288,687
10. A MONTH OF SUNDAYS (Madman) $244,067
