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RELEASE OF AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTIONS

Box office: Australia: Top 5 each year

Release of Australian productions

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Top five Australian feature films each year, and gross Australian box office earned that year, 1988–2007

Next update March 2009

Rank	Title	Distributor	Box office ($)¹
1988
1	Crocodile Dundee II	Hoyts	24,917,000
2	The Man from Snowy River II²	Hoyts	6,641,000
3	Young Einstein²	Roadshow	2,901,000
4	Evil Angels²	Warner Bros	2,416,000
5	Rikky and Pete	UIP	1,071,000
1989
1	Young Einstein²	Roadshow	10,166,000
2	Dead Calm	Roadshow	2,261,000
3	The Man from Snowy River II²	Hoyts	774,000
4	The Delinquents²	Roadshow	752,000
5	Evil Angels²	Warner Bros	591,000
1990
1	The Delinquents²	Roadshow	2,618,000
2	The Big Steal	Hoyts	2,400,000
3	Blood Oath	Roadshow	633,000
4	Bloodmoon	Roadshow	400,000
5	Struck by Lightning	Capricorn	253,000
1991
1	Green Card (Australia/France)	Roadshow	10,611,000
2	Death in Brunswick	Roadshow	2,600,000
3	Proof	Roadshow	1,900,000
4	Flirting	Warner Bros	1,550,000
5	The Magic Riddle	Roadshow	1,400,000
1992
1	Strictly Ballroom²	Ronin	18,849,000
2	Romper Stomper	Roadshow	2,856,000
3	Black Robe (Australia/Canada)	Hoyts	1,931,000
4	Blinky Bill	Roadshow	1,665,000
5	Spotswood	Hoyts	1,418,000
1993
1	The Piano²	Miramax	9,200,000
2	Reckless Kelly	Roadshow	5,860,000
3	Strictly Ballroom²	Ronin	2,911,000
4	The Heartbreak Kid	Roadshow	2,786,000
5	The Silver Brumby	Roadshow	1,300,000
1994
1	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert²	Roadshow	14,845,895
2	Muriel’s Wedding²	Roadshow	14,070,963
3	Lightning Jack	Roadshow	6,440,000
4	The Sum of Us	UIP	3,285,000
5	Sirens (Australia/UK)	Buena Vista	2,781,000
1995
1	Babe²	UIP/Universal	10,972,358
2	Muriel’s Wedding²	Roadshow	1,696,341
3	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert²	Roadshow	1,601,393
4	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection	Roadshow	1,219,247
5	Hotel Sorrento	Roadshow	1,213,153
1996
1	Babe²	UIP/Universal	25,804,554
2	Shine²	Ronin	6,764,493
3	Cosi	Roadshow	2,896,980
4	Dating the Enemy	Total/UIP	2,620,325
5	Love and Other Catastophes	Newvision	1,647,929
1997
1	The Castle	Roadshow	10,325,587
2	Shine²	Ronin	3,402,923
3	Paradise Road	Roadshow	2,970,653
4	Napoleon	Columbia	1,790,628
5	Blackrock	PolyGram	1,136,983
1998
1	Babe: Pig in the City²	UIP/Universal	4,328,511
2	Dark City	Roadshow	3,348,994
3	Head On	Palace	1,788,613
4	Oscar and Lucinda	Fox	1,766,731
5	The Wiggles Movie²	Fox	1,549,845
1999
1	Two Hands	REP	5,441,578
2	The Craic	Roadshow	5,265,935
3	Babe: Pig in the City²	UIP/Universal	3,443,240
4	Paperback Hero	PolyGram	1,369,280
5	Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien (Australia/Canada)	UIP	1,291,802
2000
1	The Dish²	Roadshow	16,880,862
2	The Wog Boy	Fox	11,448,547
3	Looking for Alibrandi	Roadshow	8,300,454
4	Chopper	Palace	5,718,014
5	Me Myself I	BVI	2,698,330
2001
1	Moulin Rouge	Fox	27,431,931
2	Lantana²	Palace	9,883,101
3	The Man Who Sued God	BVI	8,108,300
4	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (Australia/US)	UIP/Universal	7,759,103
5	The Bank	Footprint	2,451,648
2002
1	Crackerjack²	Roadshow	7,703,151
2	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Becker/Ocean	7,510,545
3	Dirty Deeds	Hoyts	5,034,142
4	Charlotte Gray (Australia/UK)	UIP/Universal	4,187,336
5	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Fox/MGM	3,872,222
2003
1	Ned Kelly (Australia/UK)	UIP/Universal	8,364,811
2	Japanese Story	Palace	3,964,062
3	Fat Pizza	Roadshow	3,651,225
4	Bad Eggs	Roadshow	2,312,939
5	Gettin’ Square	Hoyts	2,137,749
2004
1	Strange Bedfellows	Becker	4,816,495
2	Somersault	Hopscotch	2,089,241
3	One Perfect Day	Roadshow	1,152,011
4	Love’s Brother	Palace	977,106
5	Thunderstruck	Icon	908,294
2005
1	Wolf Creek²	Roadshow	5,800,416
2	Little Fish	Icon	3,744,921
3	Look Both Ways²	Dendy/Footprint	2,761,337
4	Oyster Farmer (Australia/UK)	Becker/Sherman	2,365,497
5	The Proposition (Australia/UK)	Sony	2,152,041
2006
1	Happy Feet²	Roadshow	11,085,606
2	Kenny²	Madman	7,647,447
3	Jindabyne	Roadshow	5,284,884
4	Ten Canoes	Palace	3,271,928
5	Kokoda	Palace	3,138,501
2007
1	Happy Feet²	Roadshow	20,700,559
2	Romulus, My Father	Dendy	2,589,674
3	Rogue	Roadshow	1,786,767
4	Bra Boys	Hopscotch	1,698,976
5	Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance	Palace	1,640,644

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA). Compiled by 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) and per calendar year so totals do not necessarily represent total earnings for a film. Totals are based on annual data released the following January; they do not reflect subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
2. Screened in cinemas over two consecutive years.