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.