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Indian drama RRR enjoys 'extraordinary' success in Australia
The Australian box office is rent asunder by an explosive freedom-fighting mytho-history in a minority Indian language.

Australian films strive to thrive at the box office
Loveland hits the cinemas, as we probe the performance of the other Australian films.

Box Office: peak documentary but you have to be quick
The recent Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC, 6–9 March 2022) surfaced two films which are currently running. Australian celebration of…

Box Office: The Batman does well but The Spider-Man does better
The Box Office gods delivered a healthy Batman while other films snooze fretfully in their cribs.

Box Office: Cyrano figures low but fate could be kind
While the box office is unkind to Cyrano, the Actors Guild honours its deaf community in Coda.

Box office: Branagh vs Branagh with Belfast and Death on the Nile
Cinemas pitch tentpole Branagh against a far more tender and personal offering by the director.

Box Office: Wyrmwood fights on as cinemas lick their wounds
The Aussie horror franchise joins Death on the Nile on the big screen, but total box office is probably around…

Box Office: 'Here Out West' deserves greater support
We need a solid marketing fund for key low-budget Australian films.

Box office - in slow times, we find an amaaazing fact
Sometimes the box office numbers are just plain weird. Here is a strange factoid about Australian numbers compared to China.

Box Office: Spider-Man still tops Sing and Scream
The mid-January box office is still dominated by Spider-Man, a triumph we may one day recognise as a sheer lack…