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The debut of Paramount film Star Trek Beyond has blasted Ghostbusters from the top spot at the Australian box office, pulling just over $4m in ticket sales over the weekend. [embedded
content] Ghostbusters’ second week in the cinemas saw it pull $2.4m, down from its opening week where it achieved $4.7m. The Legend of Tarzan was third with $1.295m in sales, while
supernatural horror film Lights Out debuted with $1.2m. Children’s film Finding Dory fell to fifth place with $960,000; however, the film has taken more than $45m since it was released,
making it one of the biggest releases of 2016. ADVERTISEMENT TITLE (DISTRIBUTOR) WEEKEND B/O SCREENS TOTAL B/O STAR TREK BEYOND _(Paramount)_ $4,001,902 539 $4,140,257 GHOSTBUSTERS _(Sony)_
$2,448,729 417 $8,579,412 THE LEGEND OF TARZAN _(Roadshow)_ $1,295,802 260 $10,338,074 LIGHTS OUT _(Wb)_ $1,113,903 170 $1,113,903 FINDING DORY _(Disney)_ $960,633 271 $46,920,821 THE BFG
_(Disney)_ $847,167 285 $13,745,321 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE _(Universal)_ $804,545 228 $14,485,892 MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES _(Fox)_ $698,252 0 $6,023,298 LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
_(Transmission)_ $453,359 84 $481,434 ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE _(Fox)_ $406,634 259 $11,412,639 HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE _(Madman)_ $369,562 139 $9,867,481 OUR KIND OF TRAITOR
_(Studiocanal)_ $200,370 57 $582,378 ME BEFORE YOU _(Wb)_ $181,818 133 $11,920,444 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE _(Fox)_ $98,861 105 $11,556,385 SING STREET _(Roadshow)_ $81,975 32 $301,372
GOLDSTONE _(Transmission)_ $66,196 41 $645,291 SULTAN _(Mindblowing Films)_ $54,203 21 $1,323,075 COLD WAR 2 _(Magnum)_ $53,302 11 $496,057 MAGGIE'S PLAN _(Sony)_ $39,120 15 $296,976
SWISS ARMY MAN _(Madman)_ $35,929 6 $119,920