Box Office 17 April 2017 – Easter weekend

The exhibition business chock full of puzzles. Like, why is this film not doing well in the box office? Image: still from trailer for Colossal.  These figures don’t cover Easter Monday which will show up as a bump next week. Lion made it to $29,386,826. So near and yet so far. The ultimate figures? $68.44m in...
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The exhibition business chock full of puzzles. Like, why is this film not doing well in the box office? Image: still from trailer for Colossal. 

These figures don’t cover Easter Monday which will show up as a bump next week.

Lion made it to $29,386,826. So near and yet so far. The ultimate figures? $68.44m in the US, $19.31m in the UK, $14.75m in France, $5.78m in Italy, $5.03m in Germany, while New Zealanders contributed $3.92m, followed by Israel with  $3.85m and The Netherlands on $2.4m.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.