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Top 50 films in Australia of all time, ranked by total reported gross Australian box office as at March 2009; Australian films listed in bold

Next update February 2010

Seven new titles entered the all-time top 50 in 2008: The Dark Knight (6), Australia (13), Mamma Mia! (30) Quantum of Solace (35), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (39), Sex and the City (45) and Kung Fu Panda (49).

There are now five Australian films in the list: Crocodile Dundee (4), Australia (13), Babe (14), Happy Feet (29) and Moulin Rouge (42).

Rank	Title	Distributor	Release date	Box office ($)¹
1	Titanic	Fox	18 Dec 1997	57,645,827
2	Shrek 2	UIP	17 June 2004	50,388,327
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Roadshow	26 Dec 2003	49,370,354
4	Crocodile Dundee	Hoyts	30 Apr 1986	47,707,045
5	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Roadshow	26 Dec 2001	47,429,619
6	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros	16 Jul 2008	45,922,732
7	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Roadshow	26 Dec 2002	45,654,259
8	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone	Warner Bros	29 Nov 2001	42,346,218
9	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Fox	3 Jun 1999	38,828,310
10	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	BVI	6 Jul 2006	38,051,837
11	Finding Nemo	BVI	28 Aug 2003	37,394,504
12	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros	28 Nov 2002	37,378,902
13	Australia	Fox	26 Nov 2008	36,805,593
14	Babe	UIP/Universal	14 Dec 1995	36,776,544
15	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros	1 Dec 2005	35,725,896
16	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros	11 Jul 2007	35,527,464
17	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Fox	19 May 2005	35,459,684
18	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BVI	26 Dec 2005	35,166,288
19	Meet the Fockers	UIP	26 Dec 2004	34,975,476
20	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	Fox	16 May 2002	33,862,850
21	Shrek the Third	Paramount	7 Jun 2007	33,726,100
22	The Matrix Reloaded	Roadshow	16 May 2003	33,625,057
23	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros	10 Jun 2004	33,140,027
24	Jurassic Park	UIP/Universal	2 Sep 1993	33,002,776
25	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End	BVI	24 May 2007	32,988,977
26	E.T.	UIP/Universal	1 Nov 1982	32,662,000
27	Casino Royale	Sony	7 Dec 2007	32,211,499
28	Shrek	UIP/Universal	21 Jun 2001	32,096,066
29	Happy Feet	Roadshow	26 Dec 2006	31,786,164
30	Mamma Mia!	Universal	10 Jul 2008	31,734,345
31	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	26 Jul 2007	31,435,860
32	Gladiator	UIP/Universal	4 May 2000	31,115,351
33	Spider-Man	Columbia	6 Jun 2002	30,840,434
34	Forrest Gump	UIP/Paramount	17 Nov 1994	30,562,133
35	Quantum of Solace	Sony	19 Nov 2008	30,516,346
36	Star Wars²	Fox	27 Oct 1977	29,649,700
37	Independence Day	Fox	29 Aug 1996	29,496,567
38	The Sixth Sense	BVI	7 Oct 1999	29,306,480
39	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount	22 May 2008	29,289,765
40	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Roadshow	24 Oct 2002	27,989,740
41	Transformers	Paramount	28 Jun 2007	27,915,848
42	Moulin Rouge	Fox	24 May 2001	27,721,377
43	The Lion King	BVI/Disney	25 Aug 1994	27,107,180
44	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	18 May 2006	27,055,038
45	Sex and the City	Roadshow	5 Jun 2008	26,971,508
46	The Incredibles	BVI	26 Dec 2004	26,699,801
47	Mrs Doubtfire	Fox	16 Dec 1993	26,241,675
48	Pretty Woman	BVI/Touchstone	3 May 1990	26,156,134
49	Kung Fu Panda	Paramount	26 Jun 2008	25,829,876
50	Monsters, Inc.	BVI	26 Dec 2001	25,623,079

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
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 some discrepancies with previously published data.
2. Includes special edition re-release titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.

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