With little by way of competition, Disney's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' easily held the no. 1 position at the box office last weekend.
With all cinemas in the country now allowed to trade, the national box office was up 67 per cent last weekend, and for the first time in almost three months, two titles earned more than $1 million.
The expected flood of applications from overseas producers for the Federal Government's seven-year, $400 million extension of the Location Incentive Program (LIP) could prove to be a challenging exercise for the authorities.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the suspension or postponement of 119 screen productions, resulting in a loss to the production sector of $471 million.
The Federal Government has announced a seven-year, $400 million incentive to attract film and television productions to Australia.