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Box Office 21 March 2016 – in which The Daughter takes wing

Once a duck [as in the Ibsen play] always a duck [as in the classically derived The Daughter] but Australian audiences are popping it into their marsupial pouches.

21 Mar 2016 12:00

David Tiley

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Television

Still from The Will to Fly.

The Daughter has done nicely in its first week. Out on 52 screens, it has made $584,000 and is on a comfortable $5,538/screen. But bad word of mouth will stop this one in its tracks, so we are hoping for the best. The tweets are running in its favour.

So is the commentary – Will Cox at The Broadsheet, Mandy Griffiths at Moviehole, Jason Rossi on the ABC, Benjamin Law at The Saturday Paper…

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David Tiley

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.