Last weekend was the worst of the year for Australian cinemas as Universal's 'The Invisible Man' and Paramount's 'Sonic the Hedgehog' were the only titles to crack $1 million.
In a lousy weekend at Australian cinemas the combination of Harrison Ford and a bionic dog in 'The Call of the Wild' proved unappealing while a long-delayed thriller which Mel Gibson had virtually disowned had a similar fate.
Paramount’s live action/CGI adaptation of the Sega videogame 'Sonic the Hedgehog' won the weekend derby in Australia while the historic four Oscar wins paid off for Madman Entertainment's 'Parasite'.
Madman Entertainment, the UK's Curzon and Benelux distributor Curzon have launched a film development fund.
After flying high with 'Suicide Squad', 'Wonder Woman', 'Aquaman' and 'Joker', the Warner Bros DC Comics universe has plummeted to earth with 'Birds of Prey'.
Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' dominated the Australian Film Critics Association's annual awards, winning all eight prizes for local narrative features, while 'The Australian Dream' was named best documentary.
Roland Emmerich’s last highly profitable blockbuster – '2012' in 2009 – must seem like a distant memory for the German-born director as his latest effort, Midway, had an inglorious debut in Australian cinemas last weekend.
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