It’s been a strong start to the year for Australian cinema with Robert Connolly’s Paper Planes soaring even higher than some pundits predicted last weekend and The Water Diviner continuing to earn tidy sums.
If Russell Crowe bothers to read reviews, he’ll be stung by some of the critical pans in the US for The Water Diviner, which opened there last Friday via Warner Bros.
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.
Seven West Media and Seven Group Holdings have joined Brett Ratner and James Packer's RatPac Entertainment as investors in Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner.
The Australian B.O. dropped by 2.28% to a still healthy $1.074 billion in 2014 but the stats mask a worrying trend: the shrinking cinema audience.
The Water Diviner and The Dressmaker dominated the feature categories at the 19th Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards held at The Establishment hotel ballroom in Sydney.
Two first-time US filmmakers have accused The Water Diviner of ignoring the alleged slaughter of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks a century ago.
The technicians' union and the producers of the Australian mystery drama Strangerland have signed an industrial agreement which the union hopes will set a precedent for Australian films.