Weekly box office: Tom Cruise drives Mission Impossible to top spot

Tom Cruise has pushed the singing and dancing Mamma Mia! ladies off their perch, driving Mission: Impossible – Fallout to the top spot. The film took almost $8 million from 289 sites across Australia in its opening week.

Here are the top ten films at the box office in Australia, August 2 to August 8.

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount) $$7,999,637
2. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal) $3,243,028
3. The Equalizer 2 (Sony) $1,122,558
4. The Wife (Icon) $856,539
5. Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney) $720,710
6. The Breaker Upperers (Madman) $598,349
7. Incredibles 2 (Disney) $490,885
8. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) $428,921
9. Skyscraper (Universal) $387,350
10. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (Sony) $344,380

Source: Numero. Estimated figures as at 1:01 PM 09/08/18. For official box-office chart, contact MPDAA