Opinion/BOX OFFICE

NZ box office report: Bad Guys 2 raid on cinema $ continues

Our weekly guide to what’s happening at the Aotearoa box office.

By Steve Newall|09 Oct 2025

Box office updates thanks to Numero.

School holiday-friendly pic The Bad Guys 2 keeps its grip on cinemas, keeping Taylor Swift in the unaccustomed position of not being #1 with The Offical Release Party of a Showgirl. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, ticks along in its second week of release, ahead of Jacinda Ardern doco Prime Minister.

The Bad Guys 2

2025

Dir: Pierre Perifel, JP Sans

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Here are the top 10 films at the Aotearoa box office, Oct 2-8:

1. The Bad Guys 2 (Universal) $507,040 (cume total $2,328,831)
2. Taylor Swift / The Official Release Party of a Showgirl (Piece of Magic Entertainment) $440,279 (new release)
3. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) $329,895 (cume total $739,118)
4. Prime Minister (Rialto Distribution) $243,842 (cume total $669,295)
5. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (Universal) $231,158 (cume total $1,831,916)
6. Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie (Universal) $183,494 (cume total $746,537)
7. Kangaroo (Studiocanal) $150,505 (cume total $547,350)
8. Avatar: The Way of Water (Walt Disney) $130,856 (re-release)
9. The Smashing Machine (VVS Films) $122,731 (new release)
10. The Conjuring: Last Rites (Warner Bros.) $101,428 (cume total $2,416,039)

Steve Newall

Steve has been the editor of Flicks since 2012, is heard weekly on Newstalk ZB and 95bFM, and is on the boards of Show Me Shorts, the NZ Fraud Film Festival and Independent Music Venues Aotearoa.

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