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Top Australian films at the Australian box office, 1966–2007

The no. 1 Australian film at the Australian box office is Crocodile Dundee (1986), with earnings of $47,707,045. Crocodile Dundee is also no. 4 on the list of top films from any country, not just Australia (see Cinema industry: Top films: Top 50 all time); no. 1 on that list is Titanic, which has taken $57,645,827 at the Australian box office since its release in December 1997.

Next update March 2009

Rank	Title	Distributor	Release date	Box office ($)¹
1	Crocodile Dundee	Hoyts	1986	47,707,045
2	Babe	UIP/Universal	1995	36,776,544
3	Happy Feet	Roadshow	2006	31,786,164
4	Moulin Rouge	Fox	2001	27,721,377
5	Crocodile Dundee II	Hoyts	1988	24,916,805
6	Strictly Ballroom	Ronin	1992	21,760,400
7	The Dish	Roadshow	2000	17,999,473
8	The Man from Snowy River	Hoyts	1982	17,228,160
9	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Roadshow	1994	16,459,245
10	Muriel’s Wedding	Roadshow	1994	15,765,571
11	Young Einstein	Warner Bros	1988	13,383,377
12	Lantana	Palace	2001	12,286,683
13	Gallipoli	Roadshow	1981	11,740,000
14	The Wog Boy	Fox	2000	11,449,799
15	The Piano	Miramax	1993	11,240,484
16	Mad Max 2	Warner Bros	1981	10,847,491
17	Green Card (Australia/France)	Roadshow	1991	10,585,960
18	The Castle	Roadshow	1997	10,326,428
19	Shine	Ronin	1996	10,167,416
20	Phar Lap	Hoyts	1983	9,258,884
21	Looking for Alibrandi	Roadshow	2000	9,058,864
22	Crackerjack	Roadshow	2002	8,618,107
23	The Man Who Sued God	BVI	2001	8,546,867
24	Ned Kelly (Australia/UK)	UIP/Universal	2003	8,365,984
25	Kenny	Madman	2006	7,778,177
26	Babe: Pig in the City	UIP/Universal	1998	7,771,751
27	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (Australia/US)	UIP/Universal	2001	7,759,103
28	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Becker/Ocean	2002	7,561,689
29	The Man from Snowy River II	Hoyts	1988	7,415,000
30	Lightning Jack	Roadshow	1994	6,439,819
31	Wolf Creek	Roadshow	2005	6,080,571
32	Chopper	Palace	2000	5,912,119
33	Two Hands	REP	1999	5,478,485
34	Reckless Kelly	Roadshow	1993	5,444,534
35	Mad Max	Roadshow	1979	5,355,490
36	Jindabyne	Roadshow	2006	5,302,912
37	The Craic	Roadshow	1999	5,265,935
38	Picnic at Hanging Rock²	BEF	1975	5,136,588
39	Dirty Deeds	Hoyts	2002	5,083,187
40	Strange Bedfellows	Becker	2004	4,816,495
41	Breaker Morant	Roadshow	1980	4,735,000
42	Alvin Purple	Roadshow	1973	4,720,000
43	Japanese Story	Palace	2003	4,520,000
44	Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros	1985	4,272,802
45	Antarctica	IMAX	1996	4,234,376
46	Charlotte Gray (Australia/UK)	UIP/Universal	2002	4,188,497
47	Puberty Blues	Roadshow	1981	3,918,000
48	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Fox/MGM	2002	3,892,646
49	Little Fish	Icon	2005	3,829,869
50	Fat Pizza	Roadshow	2003	3,651,320
51	Africa’s Elephant Kingdom	IMAX	1998	3,491,995
52	Malcolm	Hoyts	1986	3,483,139
53	The Delinquents	Greater Union	1989	3,370,650
54	Dark City	Roadshow	1998	3,355,671
55	The Sum of Us	UIP	1994	3,327,456
56	Ten Canoes	Palace	2006	3,271,928
57	Romper Stomper	Roadshow	1992	3,165,034
58	Kokoda	Palace	2006	3,138,501
59	BoyTown	Roadshow	2006	3,135,972
60	We of the Never Never	Hoyts	1982	3,112,000
61	My Brilliant Career	Greater Union	1979	3,052,000
62	Evil Angels	Warner Bros	1988	3,006,964
63	Paradise Road	Roadshow	1997	2,970,653
64	Look Both Ways	Dendy/Footprint	2005	2,969,094
65	The Hard Word	Roadshow	2002	2,957,456
66	Cosi	Roadshow	1996	2,896,980
67	Caddie	Roadshow	1976	2,847,000
68	Sirens (Australia/UK)	Buena Vista	1994	2,780,639
69	Death in Brunswick	Roadshow	1991	2,725,169
70	Bootmen	Fox	2000	2,719,302
71	Me Myself I	BVI	2000	2,698,330
72	The Wiggles Movie	Fox	1997	2,678,686
73	The Heartbreak Kid	Roadshow	1993	2,658,819
74	Storm Boy	Roadshow	1976	2,645,000
75	Dating the Enemy	UIP/Total	1996	2,620,325
76	Romulus, My Father	Dendy/Footprint	2007	2,589,674
77	The Bank	Footprint	2001	2,515,917
78	Hostage	Roadshow	1983	2,455,000
79	Dead Calm	Warner Bros	1989	2,444,407
80	Careful, He Might Hear You	Hoyts	1983	2,431,126
81	They're a Weird Mob	Greater Union	1966	2,417,000
82	The Year of Living Dangerously	UIP/MGM	1982	2,393,000
83	Oyster Farmer (Australia/UK)	Becker/Sherman	2005	2,383,051
84	The Big Steal	Hoyts	1990	2,351,628
85	Bad Eggs	Roadshow	2003	2,317,820
86	Gettin’ Square	Hoyts	2003	2,292,587
87	The Proposition (Australia/UK)	Sony	2005	2,271,100
88	Proof	Roadshow	1991	2,163,958
89	Somersault	Hopscotch	2004	2,156,574
90	Hating Alison Ashley	Hoyts	2005	2,085,751
91	Napoleon	Columbia	1996	2,051,855
92	Black Robe (Australia/Canada)	Hoyts	1992	2,036,056
93	Far East	Roadshow	1982	1,972,000
94	The Nugget	Roadshow	2002	1,920,993
95	Blinky Bill	Roadshow	1992	1,903,659
96	Alvin Rides Again	Roadshow	1974	1,880,000
97	Joey	Roadshow	1997	1,855,557
98	Rogue	Roadshow	2007	1,790,012
99	Head On	Palace	1998	1,788,613
100	Oscar and Lucinda	Fox	1998	1,768,946

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA) with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Notes:
Includes Australian productions and co-productions with overseas partners.
1. Earnings are in current dollars (i.e. not adjusted for inflation). Cumulative box office, as reported on 25 January 2008. These figures are updated on an ongoing basis therefore there may be discrepancies with previously published data. Estimates have been used for films released before 1988 where gross box office is unknown.
2. Including re-release through Ronin.


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Top Australian films at the Australian box office, 1966–2007

Next update March 2009

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA) with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

Cinema industry: Box office: Australian share for the proportion of Australian box office earned each year by local films. Top films: Top documentaries of all time.

Cinema industry:
Box office: Australian share for the proportion of Australian box office earned each year by local films.
Top films: Top documentaries of all time.