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Feature film production: Australian feature production since 1970

Number of Australian feature films produced and total production budgets (current and 2007 dollars) and average budget per film, 1970/71–2006/07

Next update December 2008

The average budget for Australian features has risen in each decade since the 1970s. In the 1970s, the average budget was $1.36 million,¹ which tripled to $4.49 million during the 1980s, averaged $5.19 million in the 1990s and $6.99 million in the seven years since July 2000.

No. productions

Total production budgets¹ (2007$)

Graph: Feature film production in Australia since 1970 - Total production budgets.Table following provides the data.

	No. per year	Total budgets ($m) per year		Average budget per film
	No. per year	Current $m	2007$m²	Current $m	2007$m²
1970/71	10	1.7	15.2	0.17	1.52
1971/72	9	0.9	7.4	0.10	0.82
1972/73	6	0.5	3.5	0.07	0.59
1973/74	14	3.3	22.4	0.23	1.60
1974/75	14	2.6	14.6	0.18	1.04
1975/76	19	5.8	28.5	0.30	1.50
1976/77	19	6.6	28.5	0.34	1.50
1977/78	17	7.5	30.1	0.44	1.76
1978/79	18	7.0	26.3	0.39	1.46
1979/80	17	8.7	30.2	0.51	1.77
Annual av. 70/71–79/80	14	4.4	20.7	0.31	1.36
1980/81	30	36.9	114.9	1.23	3.83
1981/82	28	47.0	130.0	1.68	4.64
1982/83	21	43.2	106.7	2.05	5.08
1983/84	21	34.4	80.1	1.64	3.81
1984/85	34	78.1	173.1	2.30	5.09
1985/86	42	90.9	189.3	2.16	4.51
1986/87	30	83.5	162.3	2.78	5.41
1987/88	38	96.5	173.8	2.54	4.57
1988/89	21	46.7	77.3	2.23	3.68
1989/90	30	81.8	127.3	2.73	4.24
Annual av. 80/81–89/90	30	63.9	133.5	2.17	4.49
1990/91	23	72.2	107.1	3.14	4.65
1991/92	27	71.5	103.9	2.65	3.85
1992/93	20	51.8	74.4	2.59	3.72
1993/94	28	141.3	201.3	5.05	7.19
1994/95	14	39.8	56.2	2.84	4.02
1995/96	23	88.9	122.4	3.86	5.32
1996/97	31	116.1	157.2	3.75	5.07
1997/98	34	161.9	216.6	4.76	6.37
1998/99	29	117.5	156.6	4.05	5.40
1999/00	26	126.5	165.2	4.87	6.35
Annual av. 90/91–99/00	25	98.6	136.1	3.78	5.19
2000/01	22	80.4	100.7	3.66	4.58
2001/02	25	131.0	160.1	5.24	6.41
2002/03	17	49.1	58.3	2.88	3.43
2003/04	21	217.5	248.0	10.36	11.81
2004/05	24	65.9	72.4	2.75	3.02
2005/06	29	100.4	104.9	3.46	3.62
2006/07	24	218.0	218.0	9.08	9.08
Annual av. 00/01–06/07	23	143.7	160.4	6.24	6.99

Source: Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
1. In 2007 dollars.
2. Adjusted using the ‘non-farm GDP-implicit price deflator’; base year 2006/07.

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