Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead was the most downloaded film globally last weekend, according to one torrent site, after being launched in the US on iTunes on Friday.
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British action comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service has tickled the fancy of Australian audiences, taking $4,121,791 across 370 screens in its opening weekend.
Dinosaur Island, the Aussie family film that has already caused controversy because of its depiction of feathered dinosaurs, will be exhibited theatrically by Hoyts.
The collective star power of Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor and Paul Bettany could not entice audiences to cinemas for the opening weekend of caper comedy Mortdecai.
Robert Connolly's family film Paper Planes continues to delight Australian audiences, taking in a further $1,675,914 over 298 screens at the box office over the weekend.
Shot in Australia and Los Angeles, The Ever After is hardly a romance but the film co-starring Teresa Palmer and her partner Mark Webber is being released worldwide on Valentine's Day.
A new US distributor has acquired first-time feature director Kim Farrant's Strangerland after its world premiere in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance.
The Australian B.O. dropped by 2.28% to a still healthy $1.074 billion in 2014 but the stats mask a worrying trend: the shrinking cinema audience.