Australian Box Office: how do we value our films?

How do we decide if a film is successful? How do we beat off the mingy minded creatures who gloat over low box office?

10 Dec 2014 12:00

David Tiley

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Drilling down into the data – image from poster for The Loves Ones.

How do we assess the success of Australian feature films? Babadook provides a classic example of the problems.

The film took $264,705 at the local box office, but US$2,036m in the UK and US$1.092m in France. In the US, it has done all of US$123,926 so far.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.