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Top 50 films in Australia of all time, ranked by total reported gross Australian box office as at January 2008; Australian films listed in bold

Next update March 2009

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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Roadshow	26 Dec 2002	45,654,259
7	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone	Warner Bros	29 Nov 2001	42,346,218
8	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Fox	3 Jun 1999	38,828,310
9	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	BVI	6 Jul 2006	38,051,837
10	Finding Nemo	BVI	28 Aug 2003	37,394,504
11	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros	28 Nov 2002	37,378,902
12	Babe	UIP/Universal	14 Dec 1995	36,776,544
13	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros	1 Dec 2005	35,725,896
14	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros	11 Jul 2007	35,527,464
15	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Fox	19 May 2005	35,459,684
16	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BVI	26 Dec 2005	35,166,288
17	Meet the Fockers	UIP	26 Dec 2004	34,975,476
18	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	Fox	16 May 2002	33,862,850
19	Shrek The Third	Paramount	7 Jun 2007	33,726,100
20	The Matrix Reloaded	Roadshow	16 May 2003	33,625,057
21	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros	10 Jun 2004	33,140,027
22	Piratesof the Caribbean: At World’s End	BVI	24 May 2007	33,098,069
23	Jurassic Park	UIP/Universal	2 Sep 1993	33,002,776
24	E.T.	UIP/Universal	1 Nov 1982	32,662,000
25	Casino Royale	Sony	7 Dec 2007	32,211,499
26	Shrek	UIP/Universal	21 Jun 2001	32,096,066
27	Happy Feet	Roadshow	26 Dec 2006	31,786,164
28	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	26 Jul 2007	31,435,610
29	Gladiator	UIP/Universal	4 May 2000	31,115,351
30	Spider-Man	Columbia	6 Jun 2002	30,840,434
31	Forrest Gump	UIP/Paramount	17 Nov 1994	30,562,133
32	Star Wars²	Fox	27 Oct 1977	29,649,700
33	Independence Day	Fox	29 Aug 1996	29,496,567
34	The Sixth Sense	BVI	7 Oct 1999	29,306,480
35	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Roadshow	24 Oct 2002	27,989,740
36	Transformers	Paramount	28 Jun 2007	27,915,848
37	Moulin Rouge	Fox	24 May 2001	27,721,377
39	The Lion King	BVI/Disney	25 Aug 1994	27,107,180
38	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	18 May 2006	27,055,038
40	The Incredibles	BVI	26 Dec 2004	26,699,801
41	Mrs Doubtfire	Fox	16 Dec 1993	26,241,675
42	Pretty Woman	BVI/Touchstone	3 May 1990	26,156,134
43	Monsters, Inc.	BVI	26 Dec 2001	25,623,079
44	Madagascar	UIP/Universal	16 June 2005	25,426,110
45	Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl	BVI	11 Sep 2003	25,448,052
46	Crocodile Dundee II	Hoyts	26 May 1988	24,916,805
47	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	Fox	6 Apr 2006	24,570,823
48	Charlie and the Chocolate Fcatory	Roadshow	1 Sep 2005	24,565,675
49	Spider-Man 2	CTS	30 Jun 2004	24,393,818
50	Saving Private Ryan	UIP/Paramount	19 Nov 1998	24,172,708

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 25 January 2008. 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.

‘Release of Australian productions: Box office’ for top Australian films and top five Australian films each year since 1990.

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