It comes as no surprise that Sam Taylor-Johnson's controversial Fifty Shades of Grey topped the Australian box office on the weekend, raking in $10,381,648 across 270 screens.
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.
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.
Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken has over-performed industry expectations in US cinemas and seriously under-performed in the UK, so its Australian opening was always likely to rank somewhere in between.
The critics may scoff but audiences have no trouble accepting 62-year-old Liam Neeson as an action star.
The final chapter of The Hobbits franchise predictably won the New Year B.O. crown at Australian cinemas but a British drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch surprised some pundits by taking second spot.
Launched on Boxing Day, Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner raked in $6.32 million in its first week at Australian cinemas, including previews, ranking as the highest-grossing Oz title of 2014.