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.
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$47.7 million.
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Year | Title | Record setting gross (A$) |
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1940 | Gone With the Wind | 3,426,000 R [5] |
1965 | The Sound of Music | 4,437,000 R [5] |
1975 | Jaws | 4,620,000 R [5] |
1977 | Star Wars | 6,200,000 R [5] |
1982 | The Man from Snowy River | 7,821,420 R [3] [6] |
1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 11,424,768 R [3] |
1986 | Crocodile Dundee | 47,707,598 [7] (19,772,232 R ) [3] |
1998 | Titanic | 57,713,717 [1] |
2009 | Avatar | 115,781,489 [1] |
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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 39 years, regardless of inflation.
Rank | Title | Year of release | Budget (A$) | Australian gross (A$) [7] | Worldwide gross (US$) |
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1 | Crocodile Dundee | 1986 | $11,500,000 | $47,707,598 | $328,203,506 [8] |
2 | Australia | 2008 | $200,000,000 (US$130,000,000, US$78,000,000 after tax incentives) [9] | $37,555,757 | $211,342,221 [10] |
3 | Babe | 1995 | $30,000,000 | $36,797,861 | $254,134,910 [11] |
4 | Elvis | 2022 | $120,000,000 | $33,612,964 | $285,781,077 [12] |
5 | Happy Feet | 2006 | $132,740,000 | $31,786,593 | $384,335,608 [13] |
6 | The Lego Movie * | 2014 | $60,000,000 | $29,834,461 [14] | $468,060,692 [15] |
7 | Lion | 2016 | $15,000,000 | $29,567,752 | $140,312,928 [16] |
8 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | $52,000,000 | $27,765,415 | $179,213,434 [17] |
9 | The Great Gatsby | 2013 | $105,000,000 | $27,392,375 | $353,641,895 [18] |
10 | Peter Rabbit | 2018 | $50,000,000 | $26,794,641 | $351,266,433 [19] |
Films marked as * are not classified as Australian by Screen Australia |
Year | Title | Record setting gross (A$) |
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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 |
High grossing Australian films from earlier decades include: