Baz Luhrmann now occupies three of the top six slots in the list of Australia’s top-grossing films on home turf.
The director’s The Great Gatsby ranks as the sixth-highest grossing local film of all time, behind Peter Faiman's Crocodile Dundee ($47.7 million), his Australia ($37.5 million), Chris Noonan's Babe ($36.7 million) George Miller’s Happy Feet ($31.7 million) and Baz's Moulin Rouge!
With earnings of $27.5 million, Gatsby is about $190,000 below Moulin Rouge!’s $27.7 million and won't catch it, having earned just $20,000 last week.
Here’s the updated scorecard of the Australian films released this year.
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AUSTRALIAN FILMS SCORECARD 2013
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Title |
Release Date |
Total |
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1 |
The Great Gatsby |
May 30 |
$27,547,129
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2 |
Goddess |
March 14 |
1,636,018
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3 |
Return to Nim’s Island |
April 4 |
1,211,399
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4 |
Drift |
May 2 |
903,103
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5 |
Save Your Legs! |
Feb 28 |
380,488
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6 |
Satellite Boy |
June 20 |
310,433
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7
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Red Obsession |
August 15 |
250,764 |
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8 |
Blinder |
March 7
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101,027 |
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9 |
The 25th Reich* |
June 21 |
28,200
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10 |
100 Bloody Acres |
August 1 |
18,354
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Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia
*Producer’s figure