On the final leg of its international journey Lion opened in Chinese cinemas last Thursday, generating a decent sum which suggests a leggy run.
A Few Best Men has grossed a further $1 million at the local box office
Photos from the The Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast
One of Hoyts' longest serving executives, Frank Perikleous, director of programming for Australia and New Zealand, is leaving the company on Friday
Despite being shunned by exhibitors, low budget thriller Black Water has had a strong second week at the box office, while the Bryan Brown produced Cactus struggled to take $66,000 on 40 screens.
While the school holidays are giving ticket sales a modest uplift, the crisis for Australian cinemas shows no signs of abating, at least until Boxing Day.
Australia's major cinema chains have agreed to install new audio description and captioning technology after initially arguing it would be too costly
The Spierig brothers have criticized Hoyts Distribution's marketing of Daybreakers after a lacklustre local performance at the box office.