Self-isolation is providing a fillip for Foxtel with a spike in viewers of its movie channels.
Goalpost Pictures partners Rosemary Blight, Ben Grant and Kylie du Fresne are busily progressing projects in development with local and international partners and are confident the cinema business will rebound after the pandemic.
The Yatala Drive-In in South East Queensland is the first cinema in the country to re-open - and business went through the non-existent roof last weekend.
The hardest part about the coronavirus pandemic for Goalpost Pictures was having to make one staffer redundant and stand down another, who was subsequently was reinstated thanks to the JobKeeper wage subsidy.
Universal's 'The Invisible Man' is getting a second lease of theatrical life thanks to drive-ins and newly re-opened cinemas in Western Australia, Adelaide and Alice Springs.
The floodgates opened last weekend with more than a dozen new releases led by 'The Personal History of David Copperfield', plus several re-issues as more cinemas resumed trading.
After 'The Invisible Man' racked up more than $US125 million at cinemas worldwide - the bulk of it before the pandemic struck - Elisabeth Moss' latest thriller 'Shirley' had to face the realities of the pandemic-blighted cinema landscape.
In this unprecedented, fractured year for Australian cinemas, finally enough Aussie films have been released to compile the top 10 titles.