Weekend box office: mission successful for Mission: Impossible

The crowds turned out to watch Tom Cruise run, run, and run some more in his sixth outing as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – Fallout. The film debuted with $6.21 million, topping the Australian box office charts and knocking Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again off its glitter-covered perch.

Here are the top ten films at the box office in Australia, August 2 to August 5.

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount) $6,209,683
2. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal) $2,473,731
3. The Equalizer 2 (Sony) $855,189
4. Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney) $581,054
5. The Wife (Icon) $531,445
6. The Breaker Upperers (Madman) $441,656
7. Incredibles 2 (Disney) $412,656
8. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) $347,535
9. Skyscraper (Universal) $303,151
10. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (Sony) $302,600

Source: Numero. Estimated figures as at 1:57 PM 06/08/18. For official box-office chart, contact MPDAA