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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Mary Sum Says: Taking almost $16 million for the week, The Dark Knight is working hard for its connections, with massive screen averages of $33,839 on 472. Note the film opened Wednesday, July 16. Together with strong holdover business has kept thwe top 20 steady at $30 million. #Figures in [brackets] indicate number of screens and average; takings are in Aus dollars. Copyright MPDAA & Urban Cinefile.

Most Popular Films For Period Week, July 17 - 23, 2008
WIR = Weeks In Release
No WIR Title $ %
Total $
1 1 THE DARK KNIGHT (M), WARNER BROS [472/ $33,839] 15,972,105 n/a
18,249,819
2 2 MAMMA MIA! (PG), UNIVERSAL [397/ $14,802] 5,876,357 -28%
14,055,734
3 3 HANCOCK (M), SONY PICTURES [319/ $6,356] 2,027,716 -62%
18,399,569
4 4 KUNG FU PANDA (PG), PARAMOUNT [341/ $5,433] 1,852,567 -62%
24,563,729
5 4 GET SMART (PG), ROADSHOW [268/ $5,351] 1,434,002 -52%
15,494,223
6 2 MEET DAVE (PG), FOX [190/ $3,553] 674,980 -52%
2,273,873
7 2 THE LOVE GURU (M), PARAMOUNT [182/ $2,763] 502,856 -66%
1,978,781
8 7 SEX AND THE CITY (MA15+), ROADSHOW [124/ $3,015] 373,915 -54%
26,363,681
9 5 YOU DON`T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (M), SONY PICTURES [144/ $1,963] 282,607 -67%
11,112,671
10 7 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (M), WALT DISNEY [115/ $1,660] 190,938 -66%
13,748,214
11 5 MONGOL (MA15+), HOPSCOTCH [45/ $3,313] 149,101 -44%
2,021,942
12 4 THE BAND`S VISIT (M), MADMAN [22/ $5,537] 121,804 -23%
735,967
13 3 CHILDREN OF THE SILK ROAD (M), FOX [52/ $2,296] 119,391 -42%
764,194
14 9 INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (M), PARAMOUNT [47/ $2,025] 95,161 -66%
29,206,924
15 4 HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (M), RIALTO [33/ $2,691] 88,810 -35%
741,553
16 1 SALUTE (PG), PARAMOUNT/TRANSMISSION [18/ $3,989] 71,807 N/A
87,929
17 5 UNFINISHED SKY (M), PALACE [34/ $1,816] 61,760 -37%
803,243
18 1 KISMAT KONNECTION (PG), SWISH MG [8/ $7,443] 59,543 N/A
59,543
19 2 UP THE YANGTZE (M), GIL SCRINE [5/ $9,262] 46,310 78%
75,432
20 13 THE PAINTED VEIL (M), PARAMOUNT/TRANSMISSION [21/ $1,405] 29,509 -24%
3,438,349




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