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Domestic films’ share of box office in Australia and selected other countries, 2001–2007

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Domestic films’ share of Australian box office dropped to 4 per cent in 2007, down from 4.6 per cent in 2006, but remains higher than 1.3 per cent in 2004, the lowest market share since records began in 1977.

Domestic films’ share of total national box office (%)
Country	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Argentina	n.a.	14	17	15	13	12	9
Australia	8	5	4	1	3	5	4
Austria	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	7	2	2	2
Belgium	2	1	2	1	4	5	7
Brazil	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	14	10	11	12
Canada	1.7	2.7	3.6	5	5	4	3
China	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	60	n.a.	55
Colombia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	12	12
Czech Republic	30	13	25	24	24	30	35
Denmark	28	25	23	22	30	22	23
Estonia	3.6	10.7	8	6	5	7	5
Finland	10	17	22	17	15	24	20
France	42	35	35	39	38	45	36
Germany	16	10	18	23	17	25	19
Hong Kong	47	n.a.	n.a.	40	31	31	23
Hungary	5	8	4	9	12	16	10
Iceland	2	10	4	4	3	3	9
India	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	93	94	94	91
Italy	19	22	22	20	25	25	32
Japan	39	27	33	38	41	53	48
Latvia	1	1	n.a.	3	1	1	5
Lithuania	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	6	2	3
Malaysia	19	28	n.a.	22	12	13	10
Mexico	n.a.	n.a.	6	6	5	n.a.	13
Netherlands	9	10	14	9	13	11	14
New Zealand	4	10	3	3	n.a.	n.a.	2
Norway	15	7	19	17	14	17	16
Poland	40	18	11	11	3	16	24
Romania	2	10	4	5	5	7	5
Russian Federation	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	12	30	23	26
Slovakia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	<1	2	<1	1
Slovenia	5	6	5	1	3	10	5
South Korea	46	45	n.a.	53	57	61	45
Spain	18	14	16	13	16	15	14
Sweden	23	16	20	22	22	20	22
Switzerland	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	3	6	10	5
Taiwan	30	n.a.	n.a.	1	2	1	2
Thailand	43	23	n.a.	17	35	35	45
UK	24	24	16	22	34	19	28
US	95	96	97	94	93	94	97

Source: Screen Digest; European Audiovisual Observatory; Centre national de la cinématographie France;
Canadian Film and Television Production Association; British Film Institute; Screen International.

Notes:
n.a. Data not available.

International comparisons:: Feature films: Number released.