List Of Highest-Grossing Films In Australia
This list charts the most successful films at cinemas in Australia by box office sales in Australian dollars.
An overview of the top-earning films and record-holders is provided, as well as the highest-grossing Australian productions.
Highest-grossing films
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Australia. The list is topped by James Cameron's Avatar (2009) which surpassed his Titanic (1997) to take the local record. Crocodile Dundee (1986) is the highest-grossing Australian film with a gross of A$47.7 million.
- Background colour indicates films currently in cinemas
| Rank | Title | Year | Gross (A$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | 2009 | 118,985,016 |
| 2 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 2015 | 94,052,876 |
| 3 | Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | 93,754,901 |
| 4 | Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | 93,441,872 |
| 5 | Barbie | 2023 | 86,343,101 |
| 6 | Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | 84,204,927 |
| 7 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | 81,749,494 |
| 8 | The Lion King | 2019 | 64,139,148 |
| 9 | Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | 62,041,989 |
| 10 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 2017 | 58,089,045 |
Highest-grossing film by year
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Previous record holders
| Year | Title | Record setting gross (A$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Gone With the Wind | 3,426,000R |
| 1965 | The Sound of Music | 4,437,000R |
| 1975 | Jaws | 4,620,000R |
| 1977 | Star Wars | 6,200,000R |
| 1982 | The Man from Snowy River | 7,821,420R |
| 1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 11,424,768R |
| 1986 | Crocodile Dundee | 47,707,598 (19,772,232R) |
| 1998 | Titanic | 57,713,717 |
| 2009 | Avatar | 115,781,489 |
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Highest-grossing Australian productions
The following is a list of the highest-grossing Australian films at the Australian box office. Crocodile Dundee has remained the highest-grossing Australian film for 38 years, even without factoring in inflation.
| Rank | Title | Year of release | Budget (A$) | Australian gross (A$) | Worldwide gross (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | 1986 | $11,500,000 | $47,707,598 | $328,203,506 |
| 2 | Australia | 2008 | $200,000,000 (US$130,000,000, US$78,000,000 after tax incentives) | $37,555,757 | $211,342,221 |
| 3 | Babe | 1995 | $30,000,000 | $36,797,861 | $254,134,910 |
| 4 | Elvis | 2022 | $120,000,000 | $33,486,309 | $285,781,077 |
| 5 | Happy Feet | 2006 | $132,740,000 | $31,786,593 | $384,335,608 |
| 6 | The Lego Movie* | 2014 | $60,000,000 | $29,834,461 | $468,060,692 |
| 7 | Lion | 2016 | $15,000,000 | $29,563,329 | $140,312,928 |
| 8 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | $52,000,000 | $27,765,415 | $179,213,434 |
| 9 | The Great Gatsby | 2013 | $105,000,000 | $27,385,977 | $353,641,895 |
| 10 | Peter Rabbit | 2018 | $50,000,000 | $26,760,008 | $351,266,433 |
| Films marked as * are not classified as Australian by Screen Australia | |||||
Previous Australian record holders
| Year | Title | Record setting gross (A$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob | 2,417,000 |
| 1973 | Alvin Purple | 4,720,000 |
| 1975 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | 5,120,000 |
| 1979 | Mad Max | 5,355,490 |
| 1981 | Gallipoli | 11,740,000 |
| 1982 | The Man from Snowy River | 17,228,160 |
| 1986 | Crocodile Dundee | 47,707,598 |
Other popular Australian films
High grossing Australian films from earlier decades include:
- 1900s – The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) (gross £20,000)
- 1910s – The Fatal Wedding (1911) (£18,000), The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1912) (£20,000), The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1915) (£25,000)
- 1920s – For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) (over £40,000)
- 1930s – On Our Selection (1932) (£60,000), The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) (£50,000)
- 1940s – Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) (£130,000), Smithy (1946) (over £50,000), The Overlanders (1946) (£250,000), Sons of Matthew (1949)
- 1950s – Walk Into Paradise (1956)
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References
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