Lockdown well and truly takes hold of the Australian Box Office

The virus has now really whacked the cinemas again. Jungle Cruise is box office victim number one.

3 Aug 2021 15:41

David Tiley

Film

Jungle Cruise fails to take over. Image: IMDB

This is truly a dead week at the box office, and we are lucky there are no new Australian releases to go down in a heap.

Walt Disney’s Jungle Cruise opened this week, not even on a huge number of screens. 243 suburban locations gets you $1.57 million in a weekend. That is the only film to clear a million.

Space Jam: A New Legacy is at number two with $880,000 which is a rise of 11%, to take the third week total to $10.8 million.

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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.