Weekend box office: Venom thrashes the competition

The slithery alien symbiote Venom scored a big opening weekend, thrashing the competition with a $9.3 million haul. Smallfoot stepped into second place with Johnny English Strikes Again in third.

Here are the top ten films at the Australian box office, October 4 to October 7.

1. Venom (Sony) $9,337,721
2. Smallfoot (Warner Bros) $2,894,434
3. Johnny English Strikes Again (Universal) $1,971,855
4. The House With a Clock In Its Walls (eOne) $1,390,888
5. Ladies in Black (Sony) $1,370,645
6. Christopher Robin (Disney) $1,231,484
7. Night School (Universal) $1,221,876
8. A Simple Favour (Roadshow) $906,199
9. Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros.) $895,546
10. Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups The Movie (Paramount) $877,051

Source: Numero. * Estimated figures as at 12:12 PM 08/10/18. For official box-office chart, contact MPDAA