The feel-good feature has taken more than $2.2m in its third weekend at the box office
Samson and Delilah has ended its fourth week in cinemas with a very robust $1.33 million total
After winning the Camera d'Or at Cannes on the weekend, Samson and Delilah climbed higher
Pundits who predicted The Great Gatsby would rake in at least $6 million in its first four days in Australian cinemas were right on the money.
Aussie audiences prefer a broad comedy to a dark sci-fier.
Johnny Depp, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski were a potent combination with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise but they've misfired badly with the Lone Ranger.
Some 17 Australian films including two documentaries have been released in Australian cinemas this year.
Baz Luhrmann now occupies three of the top six slots in the list of Australia's top-grossing films on home turf.