Box Office History

Box Office

Last year, $1.09bn was spent at the Australian box office on ticket sales alone. This was the highest year on record and 15% ahead of the previous year.

Australian box office revenue 2005 - 2009

: Source: MPDAA

Admissions

With now over 90 million cinema attendances made every year, Australia enjoys one of the world’s highest levels of moviegoing per capita.

Australian cinema admissions 2005 - 2009

: Source: MPDAA

Top 25 Movies of All Time

Rank	Film	Release Date	Box-office $AU
1	Avatar	Dec-09	$114.6m
2	Titanic	Dec-97	$57.6m
3	Shrek 2	Jun-04	$50.4m
4	Lord of the Rings: Return of the King	Dec-03	$49.4m
5	Crocodile Dundee	Apr-86	$47.7m
6	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Dec-01	$47.4m
7	The Dark Knight	Jul-08	$46.1m
8	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Dec-02	$45.7m
9	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Nov-01	$42.3m
10	Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince	Jul-09	$40.5m
11	Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen	Jun-09	$40.2m
12	Toy Story 3*	Jun-10	$39.3m
13	Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace	Jun-99	$38.8m
14	Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest	Jul-06	$38.1m
15	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Nov-09	$38.1m
16	Alice In Wonderland	Mar-10	$37.5m
17	Finding Nemo	Aug-03	$37.4m
18	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Nov-02	$37.4m
19	Australia	Nov-08	$37.1m
20	Babe	Dec-95	$36.8m
21	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Dec-05	$35.7m
22	Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix	Jul-07	$35.5m
23	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	May-05	$35.5m
24	Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Dec-05	$35.2m
25	Meet the Fockers	Dec-04	$35m

*Currently in MPDAA Weekly Top 20
Source: Australian Film Commission / MPDAA

Top 20 Kids Releases Of All Time

	Film	Release Date	Box-office $AU
1	Shrek 2	Jun-04	$50.4m
2	Toy Story 3	Jun-10	$39.3m
3	Finding Nemo	Aug-03	$37.4m
4	Babe	Dec-95	$36.8m
5	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Dec-05	$35.2m
6	Shrek the Third	Jun-07	$33.7m
7	Shrek	Jun-01	$32.0m
8	Happy Feet	Dec-06	$31.8m
9	Ice Age 3	Jul-09	$29.7m
10	Up	Sep-09	$28.2m
11	The Lion King	Aug-94	$27.1m
12	The Incredibles	Dec-04	$26.7m
13	Shrek Forever After	Jun-10	$26.1m
14	Kung Fu Panda	Jun-08	$25.8m
15	Monsters, Inc.	Dec-01	$25.6m
16	Madagascar	Jun-05	$25.4m
17	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Apr-06	$24.6m
18	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Dec-08	$21.8m
19	Monsters vs Aliens	Mar-09	$20.5m
20	Ice Age	Mar-02	$20.5m

Source: MPDAA Weekly Top 20

Please note that this table is for the highest grossing movies released in 2009. Movies released in 2008 that still gross money in 2009 are updated on the 2008 page.