2011 smashes the $1bm mark for the third year in a row! 

The national film industry box office results for 2011 have revealed another successful year for cinema. The 2011 box office finished at $1,09bn.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part 2 was the biggest stand out, grossing over a staggering $52m at the Australian box-office making it the biggest release in Australian history. The film also took several other honours:

• the highest opening day.
• the highest opening weekend.
• the highest opening 7 day total.

Commenting on these results, Michael Selwyn, Chairman of the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia, said, “These results show that even though Australians are faced with an ever-increasing choice of leisure activities, experiencing films on the big screen remains one of the most popular entertainment choices for the Australian public. The ongoing commitment from exhibition to expand and improve their cinemas certainly played an important part in this. It was also encouraging to see a broad range of films achieving box office success including an Australian film in the Top Ten for the year.”