Box Office – Easter 2018 as faith failed and a nasty bunny ruled

Mary Magdalene is doing better than we think while Peter Rabbit exactly fits the dark strands of malevolence in our national psyche.
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Aha! They have fallen for my evil plan. Peter Rabbit’s farmyard havoc is turning to gold. 

Only the Victorians and Queenslanders have school holidays that started on Good Friday; everyone else waits for 13 April, so we can expect that the bump for films appealing to young audiences will die away until then. Annoying for the exhibitors. All figures in this story are in Australian dollars and corrected for inflation. 

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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.