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Box Office: Ladies in Black keeps doing fine

Ladies in Black looks very stable, the best tentpole is subversive and the going is tough for some good films.

8 Oct 2018

David Tiley

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Too late he realises he has eaten all the dentists. Image: Predator. {with a nod to The Death of Stalin]

We are not seeing The Merger on the lists, but Umbrella has a page of participating cinemas. The Luna Palace in WA for instance is running daytime screenings, which is not such a bad place for it. And it will have more space once the holidays are over.

At the moment the school holidays are dominating the results. Venom made $9.4m in a week off 519 screens at $18,000 screens. That is a small part of AU$290m around the world in an October weekend record. That is $115m in the US while Korea led out the internationals as China is on pause. All despite terrible reviews.

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David Tiley

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.