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Top 100 Australian films at the Australian box office, 1966–2008

Next update March 2010

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: Top-grossing films: Top 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.

Two new titles entered the top 100 in 2008: Australia (2) and The Black Balloon (89).

Rank	Title	Distributor	Release date	Box office ($)¹
1	Crocodile Dundee	Hoyts	1986	47,707,045
2	Australia	Fox	2008	36,805,593
3	Babe	UIP/Universal	1995	36,776,544
4	Happy Feet	Roadshow	2006	31,786,164
5	Moulin Rouge	Fox	2001	27,721,377
6	Crocodile Dundee II	Hoyts	1988	24,916,805
7	Strictly Ballroom	Ronin	1992	21,760,400
8	The Dish	Roadshow	2000	17,999,473
9	The Man from Snowy River	Hoyts	1982	17,228,160
10	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Roadshow	1994	16,459,245
11	Muriel’s Wedding	Roadshow	1994	15,765,571
12	Young Einstein	Warner Bros	1988	13,383,377
13	Lantana	Palace	2001	12,286,683
14	Gallipoli	Roadshow	1981	11,740,000
15	The Wog Boy	Fox	2000	11,449,799
16	The Piano	Miramax	1993	11,240,484
17	Mad Max 2	Warner Bros	1981	10,847,491
18	Green Card (Australia/France)	Roadshow	1991	10,585,960
19	The Castle	Roadshow	1997	10,326,428
20	Shine	Ronin	1996	10,167,416
21	Phar Lap	Hoyts	1983	9,258,884
22	Looking for Alibrandi	Roadshow	2000	9,058,864
23	Crackerjack	Roadshow	2002	8,618,107
24	The Man Who Sued God	BVI	2001	8,546,867
25	Ned Kelly (Australia/UK)	UIP/Universal	2003	8,365,984
26	Kenny	Madman	2006	7,778,177
27	Babe: Pig in the City	UIP/Universal	1998	7,771,751
28	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (Australia/US)	UIP/Universal	2001	7,759,103
29	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Becker/Ocean	2002	7,561,689
30	The Man from Snowy River II	Hoyts	1988	7,415,000
31	Lightning Jack	Roadshow	1994	6,439,819
32	Wolf Creek	Roadshow	2005	6,080,571
33	Chopper	Palace	2000	5,912,119
34	Two Hands	REP	1999	5,478,485
35	Reckless Kelly	Roadshow	1993	5,444,534
36	Mad Max	Roadshow	1979	5,355,490
37	Jindabyne	Roadshow	2006	5,302,912
38	The Craic	Roadshow	1999	5,265,935
39	Picnic at Hanging Rock²	BEF	1975	5,136,588
40	Dirty Deeds	Hoyts	2002	5,083,187
41	Strange Bedfellows	Becker	2004	4,816,495
42	Breaker Morant	Roadshow	1980	4,735,000
43	Alvin Purple	Roadshow	1973	4,720,000
44	Japanese Story	Palace	2003	4,520,000
45	Antarctica	IMAX	1996	4,355,648
46	Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros	1985	4,272,802
47	Charlotte Gray (Australia/UK)	UIP/Universal	2002	4,188,497
48	Puberty Blues	Roadshow	1981	3,918,000
49	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Fox/MGM	2002	3,892,646
50	Little Fish	Icon	2005	3,829,869
51	Fat Pizza	Roadshow	2003	3,651,320
52	Africa’s Elephant Kingdom	IMAX	1998	3,491,995
53	Malcolm	Hoyts	1986	3,483,139
54	The Delinquents	Greater Union	1989	3,370,650
55	Dark City	Roadshow	1998	3,355,671
56	The Sum of Us	UIP	1994	3,327,456
57	Ten Canoes	Palace	2006	3,271,928
58	Romper Stomper	Roadshow	1992	3,165,034
59	Kokoda	Palace	2006	3,138,501
60	BoyTown	Roadshow	2006	3,135,972
61	We of the Never Never	Hoyts	1982	3,112,000
62	My Brilliant Career	Greater Union	1979	3,052,000
63	Evil Angels	Warner Bros	1988	3,006,964
64	Paradise Road	Roadshow	1997	2,970,653
65	Look Both Ways	Dendy/Footprint	2005	2,969,094
66	The Hard Word	Roadshow	2002	2,957,456
67	Cosi	Roadshow	1996	2,896,980
68	Caddie	Roadshow	1976	2,847,000
69	Sirens (Australia/UK)	Buena Vista	1994	2,780,639
70	Death in Brunswick	Roadshow	1991	2,725,169
71	Bootmen	Fox	2000	2,719,302
72	Me Myself I	BVI	2000	2,698,330
73	The Wiggles Movie	Fox	1997	2,678,686
74	The Heartbreak Kid	Roadshow	1993	2,658,819
75	Storm Boy	Roadshow	1976	2,645,000
76	Dating the Enemy	UIP/Total	1996	2,620,325
77	Romulus, My Father	Dendy/Footprint	2007	2,589,674
78	The Bank	Footprint	2001	2,515,917
79	Hostage	Roadshow	1983	2,455,000
80	Dead Calm	Warner Bros	1989	2,444,407
81	Careful, He Might Hear You	Hoyts	1983	2,431,126
82	They're a Weird Mob	Greater Union	1966	2,417,000
83	The Year of Living Dangerously	UIP/MGM	1982	2,393,000
84	Oyster Farmer (Australia/UK)	Becker/Sherman	2005	2,383,051
85	The Big Steal	Hoyts	1990	2,351,628
86	Bad Eggs	Roadshow	2003	2,317,820
87	Gettin’ Square	Hoyts	2003	2,292,587
88	The Proposition (Australia/UK)	Sony	2005	2,271,100
89	The Black Balloon	Icon	2008	2,265,689
90	Proof	Roadshow	1991	2,163,958
91	Somersault	Hopscotch	2004	2,156,574
92	Hating Alison Ashley	Hoyts	2005	2,085,751
93	Napoleon	Columbia	1996	2,051,855
94	Black Robe (Australia/Canada)	Hoyts	1992	2,036,056
95	Far East	Roadshow	1982	1,972,000
96	The Nugget	Roadshow	2002	1,920,993
97	Blinky Bill	Roadshow	1992	1,903,659
98	Alvin Rides Again	Roadshow	1974	1,880,000
99	Joey	Roadshow	1997	1,855,557
100	Rogue	Roadshow	2007	1,791,176
	Head On	Palace	1998	1,788,613
	Oscar and Lucinda	Fox	1998	1,768,946
101	Love and Other Catastrophes	New Vision	1996	1,637,929
102	Lighthorsemen	Hoyts	1987	1,617,288
103	Mr Accident	Roadshow	2000	1,611,350
104	Newsfront	Roadshow	1978	1,576,000
105	Stone	BEF	1974	1,572,000
106	Burke and Wills	Hoyts	1985	1,567,000

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

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 3 March 2009. 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.

Cinema: Box office: Australian share
for the proportion of Australian box office earnt each year by local films; Top-grossing films: Top documentaries all time