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s. An overview of the top-earning films and record-holders is provided, as well as the highest-grossing Australian productions.


Highest-grossing films

The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in
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Crocodile Dundee ''Crocodile Dundee'' (stylized as ''"Crocodile" Dundee'' in the U.S.) is a 1986 action comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee, and American actress Linda Kozlowski as rep ...
'' (1986) is the highest-grossing Australian film with a gross of A$47.7 million. :''Background colour indicates films currently in cinemas


Highest-grossing film by year


Previous record holders


Highest-grossing Australian productions

The following is a list of the highest-grossing Australian films at the Australian box office. ''
Crocodile Dundee ''Crocodile Dundee'' (stylized as ''"Crocodile" Dundee'' in the U.S.) is a 1986 action comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee, and American actress Linda Kozlowski as rep ...
'' has remained the highest-grossing Australian film for —and that's ''without'' factoring in inflation.


Notes


Previous Australian record holders


Other popular Australian films

High grossing Australian films from earlier decades include: *1900s – ''
The Story of the Kelly Gang ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' is a 1906 Australian bushranger film that traces the exploits of 19th-century bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. It was directed by Charles Tait and shot in and around the city of Melbourne. The origin ...
'' (1906) (gross £20,000) *1910s – ''
The Fatal Wedding ''The Fatal Wedding'' is a play by Theodore Kremer and a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford based on the melodrama, which he and Lottie Lyell had toured around Australia.
'' (1911) (£18,000), '' The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang'' (1912) (£20,000), ''
The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell ''The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell'' is a 1916 Australian silent film about the execution of nurse Edith Cavell during World War I. Although one of the most popular Australian silent movies ever made, it is considered a lost film. Synopsis The st ...
'' (1915) (£25,000) *1920s – ''
For the Term of His Natural Life ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' is a story written by Marcus Clarke and published in '' The Australian Journal'' between 1870 and 1872 (as ''His Natural Life''). It was published as a novel in 1874 and is the best known novelisation of life ...
'' (1927) (over £40,000) *1930s – ''
On Our Selection ''On Our Selection'' (1899) is a series of stories written by Australian author Steele Rudd, the pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, in the late 1890s, featuring the characters Dad and Dave Rudd. The original edition of the book was illustrated by ...
'' (1932) (£60,000), ''
The Silence of Dean Maitland ''The Silence of Dean Maitland'' is an 1886 novel by Maxwell Gray (the pen name of Mary Gleed Tuttiett). Set in a fictionalized Isle of Wight, particularly around Calbourne, it concerns an ambitious clergyman who accidentally kills the father o ...
'' (1934) (£50,000) *1940s – ''
Forty Thousand Horsemen ''Forty Thousand Horsemen'' (aka ''40,000 Horsemen'') is a 1940 Australian war film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film tells the story of the Australian Light Horse (mounted rifleman as distinct from cavalry) which operated in the desert at t ...
'' (1940) (£130,000), '' Smithy'' (1946) (over £50,000), '' The Overlanders'' (1946) (£250,000), ''
Sons of Matthew ''Sons of Matthew'' is a 1949 Australian film directed and produced and co-written by Charles Chauvel. The film was shot in 1947 on location in Queensland, Australia, and the studio sequences in Sydney. ''Sons of Matthew'' took 18 months to comp ...
'' (1949) *1950s – ''
Walk Into Paradise ''Walk Into Paradise'' (also known as ''Walk Into Hell'') is a 1956 French-Australian international co-production adventure film directed by Lee Robinson and Marcello Pagliero and starring Chips Rafferty and Françoise Christophe. It was sho ...
'' (1956)


See also

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Lists of highest-grossing films The following are lists of high-grossing films. Worldwide grosses * List of highest-grossing films ** List of highest-grossing non-English films ** List of highest-grossing puppet films ** List of highest-grossing R-rated films ** List of high ...


Notes


External links


MPDAA Historical Box Office Top 10 Lists''Film Victoria — Australian Films at the Australian Box Office''


References

{{Cinema of Australia Australian film-related lists
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