Fast facts overview
- Australian population
- Entertainment spending
- Cinema
- Top films of all time
- Television and video
- Drama production activity
- Computers and Internet use
- Audiovisual industries, financial performance
- Audiovisual trade
| Australian population
|
| 21,021,135 on 25 July, 2007
|
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
| Entertainment spending
|
Annual expenditure by
Australians on
selected types of audiovisual entertainment, 2003/04:
|
| CDs, records, tapes
|
$666m
|
| Cinema admissions
|
$779m
|
Hire of video tapes
(DVD and VHS)
|
$472m
|
| Pay TV charges
|
$1,085m
|
| Online charges
|
$379m
|
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS):
Household Expenditure Survey.
| Cinema
|
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
| No. cinema screens
|
1,907
|
1,909
|
1,943
|
1,964
|
1,941
|
| Gross box office
|
$865.8m
|
$907.2m
|
$817.5m
|
$866.6m
|
$895.4m
|
| No. cinema admissions (est.)
|
90m
|
92m
|
82m
|
84m
|
85m
|
| Average ticket price
|
$9.64
|
$9.92
|
$9.94
|
$10.37
|
$10.57
|
| Top ticket price
|
$14.50
|
$15.80
|
$15.00
|
$15.50
|
$20.00
|
| Top film at the box office
|
Finding Nemo
|
Shrek 2
|
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man’s Chest
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix
|
| Top Australian film
|
Ned Kelly
(Aust./UK)
|
Strange Bedfellows
|
Wolf Creek
|
Happy Feet
|
Happy Feet
|
| Australian films’ share of box office
|
$31m (3.5%)
|
$12m (1.3%)
|
$23m (2.8%)
|
$40m (4.6%)
|
$36m (4.0%)
|
Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association
of Australia (MPDAA).
| Top films of all time
|
| Rank
|
Title
|
Gross box office
|
| 1
|
Titanic (1997)
|
$57.6m
|
| 2
|
Shrek 2 (2004)
|
$50.4m
|
| 3
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King (2004)
|
$49.4m
|
| 4
|
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
|
$47.7m
|
| 5
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring (2001)
|
$47.4m
|
| Australian
films in all-time Top 50
|
| 4
|
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
|
$47.7m
|
| 12
|
Babe (1995)
|
$36.8m
|
| 27
|
Happy Feet (2006)
|
$31.8m
|
| 37
|
Moulin Rouge (2001)
|
$27.7m
|
| 46
|
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
|
$24.9m
|
Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association
of Australia (MPDAA), 25 January 2008.
| Television and video
|
|
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
| % of homes with a TV
|
>99%
|
>99%
|
>99%
|
>99%
|
|
| One only
|
35%
|
33%
|
32%
|
31%
|
|
| Two or more
|
65%
|
67%
|
68%
|
69%
|
|
| Top-rating feature film (national)
|
Charlie’s Angels
|
Shrek
|
Two Weeks Notice
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse
of the Black Pearl
|
|
| Top-rating Australian feature film (national)
|
Looking for Alibrandi
|
Rabbit-Proof Fence
|
The Castle
|
Crocodile Dundee
|
|
% of homes
with pay TV
|
22%
|
22%
|
24%
|
|
26%
|
% of homes
with a DVD player
|
43%
|
62%
|
|
|
|
Top wholesale
rental title
|
The Matrix Reloaded
|
Shrek 2
|
The Incredibles
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man’s Chest
|
Shrek the Third
|
| Top-selling VHS1
|
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
|
Finding Nemo
|
Shark Tale
|
Peter Pan
(2003)
|
n.a.
|
| Top-selling DVD
|
The Lord of
the Rings:
The Two Towers
|
Finding Nemo
|
The Incredibles
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the
Pheonix
|
Sources: ACNielsen, OzTAM, Digital Broadcast
Australia, Video Trader, Australian Visual Software Distributors Association,
GfK Marketing, Australian Film Commission
Notes: 1. VHS sales have fallen dramatically over the last few years
following the introduction of DVDs. Due to the very low demand for VHS
titles (less than 1 per cent of total units sold in 2007), this data
will no longer be updated.
| Drama production activity
|
|
|
2002/03
|
2003/04
|
2004/05
|
2005/06
|
2006/07
|
| No.
|
Spend in Aust.
|
No.
|
Spend in Aust.
|
No.
|
Spend in Aust.
|
No.
|
Spend in Aust.
|
No.
|
Spend in Aust.
|
| Feature films
|
24
|
$225m
|
29
|
$449m
|
36
|
$351m
|
36
|
$135m
|
33
|
$333m
|
| TV drama (mini-series, telemovies, series/serials)
|
54
|
$281m
|
44
|
$229m
|
34
|
$206m
|
45
|
$231m
|
50
|
$282m
|
| Total
|
78
|
$507m
|
73
|
$678m
|
70
|
$557m
|
81
|
$366m
|
83
|
$616m
|
Source: Australian Film Commission (AFC).
Notes: Includes Australian films, co-productions and foreign films/programs
shot in Australia.
Due to rounding, figures may not total exactly.
| Computers and Internet use
|
| Total computers installed in Australia (2006)
|
11m
|
| Penetration in households (2005/06)
|
70%
|
| No. households with Internet access (2005/06)
|
4.7m
|
| Proportion of adults shopping online (2004/05)
|
31%
|
Source: Paul Budde Communication, Australian
Bureau of Statistics.
| Audiovisual industries, financial
performance
|
|
|
1999/00
|
2002/03
|
| Operating
profit before tax (and profit margin):
|
| Production industry
|
$77m (5.4%)
|
$92m (5.9%)
|
| Distribution industry (incl. pay TV channels)
|
104m (9.3%)
|
n.a.
|
| Cinema exhibition industry
|
$114m (11.4%)
|
n.a.
|
| Commercial free-to-air TV
|
$803m (24.6%)
|
$659m (18%)
|
| Pay TV operators
|
-$676m (loss)
|
-$452m (loss)
|
| Video hire industry
|
$42m (7.2%)
|
n.a.
|
| Total employment (incl.
public radio)
|
52,792
|
n.a.
|
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
| Audiovisual trade
|
|
|
2001/02
|
2002/03
|
2003/04
|
2004/05
|
2005/06
|
| Total export royalties earned
|
$127m
|
$211m
|
$205m
|
$149m
|
$215m
|
| Total import royalties paid
|
$777m
|
$732m
|
$776m
|
$867m
|
$869m
|
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
