Disney's 'Finding Dory' topped the Australian box office in 2016..
The Australian box office took a record $1,259,337,000 in 2016 — a 2.69 per cent increase on the previous year.
According to stats from the Motion Picture Distributor Association of Australia (Mpdaa), the best performing film of the year was Disney.s Finding Dory, which closed the year on $48.56million, followed by Fox.s Deadpool on $43.27 million.
In third position was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which closed 2016 on an impressive $36.39 million after only two weeks in cinemas..
Overall, Australian films took $24 million, led by Mel Gibson.s Hacksaw Ridge, which earned $8.6 million. The Dressmaker earned an extra $1.72 million in 2016, taking its cume to $20.28 million.
Aussie documentaries did well, with three — Jen Peedom.s Sherpa ($1.2 million), Taryn Brumfitt.s Embrace ($1.1 million) and Eva Orner.s Chasing Asylum ($576K) — among the top grossing Australian documentaries of all time (excluding IMAX).
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The Australian box office took a record $1,259,337,000 in 2016 — a 2.69 per cent increase on the previous year.
According to stats from the Motion Picture Distributor Association of Australia (Mpdaa), the best performing film of the year was Disney.s Finding Dory, which closed the year on $48.56million, followed by Fox.s Deadpool on $43.27 million.
In third position was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which closed 2016 on an impressive $36.39 million after only two weeks in cinemas..
Overall, Australian films took $24 million, led by Mel Gibson.s Hacksaw Ridge, which earned $8.6 million. The Dressmaker earned an extra $1.72 million in 2016, taking its cume to $20.28 million.
Aussie documentaries did well, with three — Jen Peedom.s Sherpa ($1.2 million), Taryn Brumfitt.s Embrace ($1.1 million) and Eva Orner.s Chasing Asylum ($576K) — among the top grossing Australian documentaries of all time (excluding IMAX).
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- 1/25/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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