Wilderpeople rivalling debuting Mike and Dave with US moviegoersPIKI FILMS/YouTube Hunt for the Wilderpeople is now screening in New Zealand cinemasThe news from America just keeps getting better for Taika Waititi and his Wilderpeople. More impressively, it ranked 11th of all releases in terms of the amount of money it earned per screen (US$5378), finishing just behind the heavily marketed debuting comedy starring Zac Efron, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. READ MORE:* Wilderpeople gets rave reviews in US* A taxi ride with the Wilderpeople* Graeme Tuckett's Wilderpeople review* Wilderpeople beats Batman at box office* Film analyst: Wilderpeople needs to double box office to become Kiwi No.1* Hunt For The Wilderpeople joins the likes of Citizen Kane, The Godfather and ETWilderpeople's result means it is now tracking well ahead of Waititi's last film What We Do In The Shadows' US performance in early 2015. It has so far made almost Aus$8.5m and could yet best Hollywood blockbusters like The Legend of Tarzan and Now You See Me 2. Hot on the heels of the revelation that The Hunt for the Wilderpeople has made reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 of all Time, are US box office figures showing the film is successfully finding an audience Stateside.

Source: Stuff July 11, 2016 22:37 UTC