Some US critics branded Fox's Fantastic Four reboot as the worst movie ever made based on a Marvel comic.
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The grassroots campaign for Jeremy Sims' Last Cab to Darwin had paid off handsomely as the drama starring Michael Caton, Mark Coles Smith, Jacki Weaver and Ningali Lawford-Wolf opened strongly last weekend.
Led by Mad Max: Fury Road, The Water Diviner and Paper Planes, Australian films collectively have raked in $44.8 million at cinemas this year and 2015 is on track to rank as the best year for local cinema in the past 10 years.
Anecdotal evidence suggests a segment of the Australian population hasn't forgiven Tom Cruise for divorcing Nicole Kidman or his couch-jumping antics and his Scientology beliefs.
Reviewers in the US are just as sweet on Damon Gameau's That Sugar Film as their Australian counterparts.
Australian distributors are increasingly concerned about films being launched in US cinemas and online before their Australian release.
Australian producers are facing a triple whammy when it comes to financing and releasing their films in Australian cinemas, with no relief in sight while digital revenues remain modest.
Australian independent distributors are facing problems with the requirement to delay the release of some films until after their US or UK premieres.