AUSTRALIA’S TOP EARNERS

  1. Crocodile Dundee (1986), box office total $48 million
  2. Australia (2008), $37 million
  3. Babe (1995), $37 million
  4. Happy Feet (2006), $32 million
  5. Moulin Rouge (2001), $28 million
  6. Crocodile Dundee II (1988), $25 million
  7. Strictly Ballroom (1992), $22 million
  8. The Dish (2000), $18 million
  9. The Man from Snowy River (1982), $17 million
  10. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), $16 million
  11. Muriel's Wedding (1994), $16 million
  12. Young Einstein (1988), $13 million
  13. Mao's Last Dancer (2009), $13 million
  14. Lantana (2001), $12 million
  15. Gallipoli (1981), $12 million
  16. The Wog Boy (2000), $11 million
  17. The Piano (1993), $11 million
  18. Mad Max 2 (1981), $11 million
  19. The Castle (1997), $10 million
  20. Shine (1996), $10 million
  21. Phar Lap (1983), $9 million
  22. Looking For Alibrandi (2000), $9 million
  23. Crackerjack (2002), $9 million
  24. The Man Who Sued God (2001), $8.5 million
  25. Ned Kelly (2003), $8 million
  26. Kenny (2006), $8 million
  27. Babe: Pig in the City (1998), $8 million
  28. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001), $8 million
  29. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), $7.5 million
  30. The Man from Snowy River II (1988), $7.5 million

Must-see Australian films: They're A Weird Mob (1966); Alvin Purple (1973); Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975); Newsfront (1978); My Brilliant Career (1979); Dead Calm (1989); Oscar and Lucinda (1998); Sirens (1994); Two Hands (1999); Ten Canoes (2006); Samson and Delilah (2009).

Australian movies' share of total box office: 10 per cent in 1977; 16 per cent in 1982; 10 per cent in 1994; 8 per cent in 2000; 1.3 per cent in 2004; 4 per cent in 2008.

Source: MPDAA and AFC