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Number and total production budgets for telemovies shot 1990/91–2006/07

Next update December 2008

Almost all the budgets for Australian telemovies are spent in Australia but lesser amounts are spent here by co-productions and foreign projects. In 1999/00, for example, the total production budgets of the co-production and foreign telemovies shot here was $39 million, of which $25 million (64 per cent) was spent in Australia. See National survey of feature film and TV drama production 2005/06 for details of amounts spent in Australia by co-produced and foreign telemovie productions since 2001/02.

Australian telemovies1 Co-productions2 Foreign telemovies3 All telemovies
No.4 Total budgets ($m) No. Total budgets ($m) No. Total budgets ($m) No. Total budgets ($m)
1990/91 2 2.0 0 0 2 2.0
1991/92 5 4.0 0 1 3.0 6 7.0
1992/93 6 (1) 7.0 0 4 19.0 10 26.0
1993/94 11 12.0 0 3 12.0 14 24.0
1994/95 17 25.5 0 4 25.0 21 50.5
1995/96 12 20.0 0 6 18.0 18 38.0
1996/97 8 16.0 0 4 10.0 12 26.0
1997/98 7 13.0 0 5 28.0 12 41.0
1998/99 8 (1) 14.0 2 13 6 32.0 16 59.0
1999/00 16 37.0 1 4 7 35.0 24 76.0
Total 90s 92 (2) 150.5 3 17 40 182.0 135 349.5
Annual av. 90s 9 (<1) 15.1 <1 1.7 4 18.2 14 35.0
2000/01 7 19.7 0 14 123.9 21 143.5
2001/02 8 18.2 1 n.p. 0 9 n.p.
2002/03 4 10.2 0 8 58.5 12 68.8
2003/04 11 27.2 0 0 1 4.2 12 31.4
2004/05 6 15.3 0 0 0 0 6 15.3
2005/06 9 18.5 0 0 0 0 9 18.5
2006/07 4 12.6 0 0 0 0 4 12.6
7-year average 7 17.4 <1 0.8 3 26.7 10 44.9

Source: Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
Does not include telemovies for children.
n.p. Not for publication due to confidentiality reasons.
1. Productions under Australian creative control.
2. Official co-productions and other productions involving shared creative control, i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions.
3. Productions under foreign creative control with a substantial amount shot in Australia.
4. Includes in-house productions made by television broadcasters (in-house number shown in brackets).

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