Turns out The Return of Xander Cage wasn’t enough to contest with Oscar nominees Lion and Moana. Meanwhile, Moonlight debuted at #19, which sounds depressing but given it only released on two screens, is actually not too bad, earning the highest screen average gross for the week.
New Zealand Box Office
WEEK ENDING JANUARY 25
1. Lion (Transmission) $840,954
2. Moana (Walt Disney) $713,933
3. xXx: Return of Xander Cage (Paramount) $676,116
4. Sing (Universal) $456,963
5. La La Land (eOne) $362,196
6. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Walt Disney) $268,525
7. Passengers (Roadshow) $231,473
8. Ballerina (Studiocanal) $205,324
9. Assassin’s Creed (20th Century Fox) $155,819
10. Collateral Beauty (Collateral Beauty) $140,175
