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Cinema box office: US

Australian films earning more than US$100,000 gross at the US box office, 1981–2008

Next update March 2010

Rank	Title	Distributor	Release date	Box office (US$)¹
1	Happy Feet	Warner Bros	2006	198,000,317
2	Crocodile Dundee	Paramount Pictures	1986	174,803,506
3	Crocodile Dundee II	Paramount Pictures	1988	109,306,210
4	Antarctica (IMAX documentary)²	Museum of Science & Technology	1991	90,000,000
5	Babe	Universal	1995	63,658,910
6	Moulin Rouge	Fox	2001	57,386,607
7	Australia	Fox	2008	49,231,519
8	The Piano	Miramax	1993	40,157,856
9	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Warner Bros	1985	36,230,219
10	Shine	Fine Line	1996	35,892,330
11	Green Card (Australia/France)	Buena Vista Distribution	1990	29,888,235
12	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	MGM/UA	2002	28,460,423
13	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (Australia/US)	Paramount	2001	25,635,682
14	Mad Max 2	Warner Bros	1982	23,667,907
15	The Man from Snowy River	20th Century Fox	1982	20,659,423
16	Babe: Pig in the City	Universal	1998	18,319,860
17	Lightning Jack	Savoy	1994	16,821,273
18	Wolf Creek	Weinstein	2005	16,188,180
19	Muriel’s Wedding	Miramax	1995	15,119,639
20	Dark City	New Line	1998	14,378,331
21	The Man from Snowy River II	Buena Vista Distribution	1988	13,687,027
22	Africa’s Elephant Kingdom (IMAX documentary)	Discovery	1998	13,485,455
23	Strictly Ballroom	Miramax	1993	11,738,022
24	Young Einstein	Warner Bros	1989	11,536,599
25	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Gramercy	1994	11,220,760
26	The Year of Living Dangerously	MGM/UA	1983	10,278,575
27	Mad Max	American International/Filmways	1981	8,750,000
28	Black Robe (Australia/Canada)	Samuel Goldwyn Company	1991	8,211,952
29	The Pirate Movie	20th Century Fox	1982	7,983,086
30	Dead Calm	Warner Bros	1989	7,825,009
31	Sirens (Australia/UK)	Miramax	1994	7,770,731
32	Breaker Morant³	NW/Quartet	1981	7,142,857
33	Evil Angels	Warner Bros	1988	6,908,797
34	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	2002	6,177,030
35	Gallipoli	CIC/Paramount	1981	5,732,587
36	Lantana	Lions Gate	2001	4,490,822
37	Careful, He Might Hear You	TLC/20th Century	1984	2,938,179
38	Phar Lap	20th Century Fox	1984	2,878,404
39	Map of the Human Heart (Australia/Canada/UK)	Miramax	1993	2,806,881
40	The Dish	Warner Bros	2001	2,552,992
41	Flirting	Goldwyn	1992	2,415,396
42	Innocence	IDP	2001	2,202,382
43	Paradise Road	Fox Searchlight	1997	2,007,100
44	Children of the Silk Road⁴	Sony	2008	1,907,733
45	The Proposition (Australia/UK)	Firstlook	2006	1,903,434
46	Oscar and Lucinda	Fox Searchlight	1997	1,897,404
47	Holy Smoke	Miramax	1999	1,765,545
48	Vincent	Roxy Releasing	1988	1,577,480
49	Turkey Shoot	New World	1983	1,414,828
50	The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey (Australia/New Zealand)	Circle	1989	1,333,379
51	The Umbrella Woman	Atlantic	1987	1,155,020
52	Sweetie	Avenue	1990	938,065
53	The Castle	Miramax	1999	877,621
54	Children of the Revolution	Miramax	1997	838,368
55	The Last Days of Chez Nous	New Line	1993	831,578
56	Until the End of the World (Australia/France/Germany)	Warner Bros	1991	829,625
57	Kiss or Kill	October Films	1997	796,681
58	Turtle Beach	Warner	1992	778,535
59	Lonely Hearts	Goldwyn	1983	777,087
60	The Sum of Us	Samuel Goldwyn	1995	752,869
61	Alexandra’s Project	Odeon/AA	2003	752,148
62	Charlotte Gray (Australia/UK)	Warner Bros	2001	669,344
63	Bliss	New World	1986	660,537
64	Japanese Story	IDP	2003	647,054
65	Love Serenade	Miramax	1997	604,523
66	Me Myself I	Sony Classics	2000	568,798
67	Malcolm	Vestron	1986	544,472
68	Proof	Fine Line	1992	524,668
69	Dead End Drive-In	New World	1986	459,304
70	Kangaroo	Cineplex	1987	432,266
71	The Hard Word	Lions Gate	2003	426,880
72	Jindabyne	Sony Classics	2007	400,438
73	Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train	Miramax	1989	400,000
74	A Woman's Tale	Orion Classics	1991	392,945
75	Sweet Talker	Fine Line	1991	382,510
76	Walkabout (Director's Cut)	Films Inc. Ent.	1996	379,782
77	Clubland⁵	Warner Independent	2007	379,408
78	Head On	Strand Releasing	1999	379,384
79	Rebel	Vestron	1986	323,554
80	Shame	Skouras	1988	300,000
81	Love and Other Catastrophes	Fox Searchlight	1997	294,212
82	The Good Woman of Bangkok (documentary)	Roxie Releasing	1991	292,604
83	Ten Canoes	Palm	2007	283,654
84	Country Life	Miramax	1995	276,189
85	Puberty Blues	Universal Classics	1983	237,000
86	Chopper	First Look	2001	236,185
87	Picnic at Hanging Rock (Director’s Cut)	Parker	1998	232,201
88	Travelling North	Cineplex/Odeon	1988	214,722
89	The Year My Voice Broke	Warner Bros	1988	213,901
90	Rikky and Pete	MGM/UA	1988	206,138
91	Ground Zero	Avenue	1988	203,144
92	Napoleon	MGM/UA	1997	193,720
93	Spotswood	Miramax	1992	179,469
94	Romper Stomper	Academy	1993	175,340
95	Hotel de Love	Live	1997	165,845
96	Danny Deckchair	Lions Gate	2004	160,276
97	Lucky Break	Goldwyn	1997	151,068
98	Razorback	Warner Bros	1984	150,140
99	The Fringe Dwellers	Atlantic	1987	149,440
100	High Tide	TriStar	1987	138,288
101	Russian Doll	Lot 47	2001	127,103
102	Angel Baby	Cinepix Film	1997	125,775
103	Till Human Voices Wake Us	Paramount	2003	120,289
104	Burke & Wills	Hemdale	1987	110,000
105	Look Both Ways	Kino	2006	105,067

Source: ACNielsen EDI (Australia).

Notes:
Includes Australian productions and co-productions with overseas partners.
1. Cumulative box office, as reported on 17 February 2009. Earnings are in current dollars (i.e. not adjusted for inflation).
2. Estimate. Released in IMAX cinemas. Box office takings for IMAX films can return as little as 10 per cent to the distributor, rather than the more usual 50:50 split with the exhibitor.
3. Estimate.
4. Released as The Children of Huang Shi.
5. Released as Introducing the Dwights.