Film-maker Taika Waititi and actor Sam Neill sit down with the ZM breakfast team to talk about Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Director Taika Waititi now has the top two spots in the all-time top 10 for New Zealand movies.
While his 2010 film Boy is still at number one with a local box office gross of $9,237,976, his runaway hit The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is now the number two film,grossing $7,399,091 after four weeks on release.
The film starring Sam Neill has supplanted previous number two, The World's Fastest Indian, with its total of $7,046,718.
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople directed by Taika Waititi, starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennsion and Rhys Darby. Photo / Supplied
Wilderpeople is now running second to The Jungle Book among movies screening at NZ cinemas with the Disney flick having taken in $2,574,375 in its first week ahead of $1,856,764 for Waititi's film.
But Wilderpeople only dipped slightly from its third week take of $1,922,238 which was its biggest earning so far.
Boy took nearly two months to overhaul the $7 million mark and, given Wilderpeople's momentum, it looks like the top spots will swap in the coming weeks.
