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Box Office 24 June 2019 – family blockbusters overwhelm market

Top End Wedding won't go far beyond $5.1m which is way below the figures for a popular indigenous film of even five years ago. Blockbusters and Netflix continue to attack.

24 Jun 2019 12:00

David Tiley

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There’s something strange about the clash of mythic systems in this shot. Image: Toy Story 4 teaser.

Toy Story 4 did $8.5m in its first weekend on 586 screens taking us back into the giddy world of $13,700/screen. Next on the list is The Secret Life of Pets 2, which made half that screen average on half the number of screens. But it still ended up with $6m which tells us it must have made around $4m in previews. Which says Sony pushed it very very hard.

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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.