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Number of Australian cinema admissions and gross box office, 1976−2008

Next update February 2010

In 2008, the Australian box office was $945.4 million, the highest annual gross on record. These earnings mark a rise of 5.6 per cent on the previous year and an increase of 4.2 per cent on 2004, the only other year to record a gross of more than $900 million. Despite this growth, estimated admissions fell, down 1.2 per cent to 84.6 million ticket sales.

Graph: Number of Australian cinema admissions and gross box office, 1976-2008. The tables following provide the data.

1970s

	1976	1977	1978	1979
No. admissions (millions)	28.9	24.6	34.1	33.6
Gross box office ($m)	95.3	86.4	119.4	124.4

1980s

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
No. admissions (millions)	38.5	38.7	42.0	37.1	28.9	29.7	35.5	30.8	37.4	39.0
Gross box office ($m)	154.2	174.3	210.0	208.0	156.0	160.6	188.6	182.1	223.8	257.6

1990s

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
No. admissions (millions)	43.0	46.9	47.2	55.5	68.1	69.9	73.9	76.0	80.0	88.0
Gross box office ($m)	284.6	325.0	334.3	388.7	476.4	501.4	536.8	583.9	629.3	704.1

2000s

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
No. admissions (millions)	82.2	92.5	92.5	89.8	91.5	82.2	83.6	84.7	84.6
Gross box office ($m)	689.5	812.4	844.8	865.8	907.2	817.5	866.6	895.4	945.4

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA). May include some estimates.

Notes:
Figures are in current dollars (i.e. not adjusted for inflation) and per calendar year. They are based on annual data released the following January and do not reflect subsequent updates by the MPDAA.

History and background:: Cinema admissions and key events: Overview