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I remember really enjoying it when I saw it (in theaters!) as a kid. And in retrospect, it makes sense that it'd be a big hit, being such a notable Australian movie. But there's certainly a world of difference between that and a modern blockbuster (even one filmed in Australia).

 

For an Australian film it also did OK in the US.  A selection of 1982 films.

#22 Tron $33,000,000

#27 Blade Runner $27,580,111

#31 The Road Warrior $23,667,907

#39 The Man from Snowy River $20,659,423

 

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YAS. Y'ALL AUSTRALIANS GO OUT TO YOUR THEATER FOR THE ACTIVE OR OUTGOING ONES OR GET ON YOUR LAPTOPS FOR THOSE COACH POTATOES AND BUY YOUR TICKETS OR JUST MORE. LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER TO SCALP AVATANIC.

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It's going take a small miracle to take avatanic down...  Remember it made the equivalant of making 1.15B in the US domestic market.  It wasn't just huge... it was insanely huge (for today's #'s that is).  it's so massive it still more than doubles the gross (in AUD or USD) of our 2nd biggest film (titanic is no. 2)

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Interesting article about Australian tax subsidies, the market for native Aussie movies, and the state of the Australian film economy:

http://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2015/oct/26/how-much-does-australia-really-subsidise-overseas-films-and-is-it-worth-it?CMP=soc_568

Jajang, DeeCee, what do you guys think? It's always nice to get some local perspective.

It's an interesting read for sure and i think quite true to the current situation regarding movies here. 

it does come down the cultural vs economic impacts.... whilst economic on it's own may not do it completely, the cultural impact and flow on effects from having a big hollywood production down under which as is noted allows our local films to happen also.  

not forgetting that the local films also can become unintentional (or intentional) advertisement ... ie. bring in tourism etc.  

is the subsidy worth it ?  it's a good question as if the subsidy goes away does that mean our film economy would fall away also ?  likely.  

while not the same situation, you could compare this to the car industry in australia which was propped up by various governments over many years for while not completely the same but some similar reasons.  recent governments took that net away and essentially all the major car manufacturers are shutting up shop here (manufacturing plants)... possibly meaning it wasn't viable to manufacture here in the first place.  In regards to movies, i'm not sure that would happen as i think there is a place for australian made movies, but bigger budget movies if we don't subsidise those hollywood productions which bring in the $ would likely go away partially (though our dollar as it stands might help offset it partially too)

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I remember really enjoying it when I saw it (in theaters!) as a kid. And in retrospect, it makes sense that it'd be a big hit, being such a notable Australian movie. But there's certainly a world of difference between that and a modern blockbuster (even one filmed in Australia).

Just looking over the numbers :-

When "The Man from Snowy River" was release (25th March 1982) here, the top 5 (all time) films looked like as follows (I hope i got this right)

1. Star Wars - 18.3m
2. Grease - 15.2m
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark - 13.9m
4. Jaws - 13.6m
5. The Sound of Music - 13m

The Man from Snowy River went on to make 17.2m so should have reached 2nd place.  E.T. Was released in November of 1982 meaning I pretty sure TMFSR reached 2nd spot before dropping.

I'm also pretty sure that TMFSR would still figure in our all time top 50 adjusted films.

EDIT - one thing i am sure of... Man from Snowy River is still the 2nd biggest adjusted film behind on Crocodile Dundee.  

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Most Popular Films For Period Week, October 22 - 28, 2015
WIR = Weeks In Release
No WIR Title $ %
Total $
1 4 THE MARTIAN (M), FOX [509/ $5,625] 2,863,168 -30%
21,618,848
2 1 BRIDGE OF SPIES (M), FOX [299/ $8,209] 2,454,366 N/A
2,539,216
3 1 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: GHOST DIMENSION (M), PARAMOUNT [330/ $5,064] 1,671,019 N/A
1,716,983
4 1 BURNT (M), ROADSHOW [246/ $5,093] 1,252,965 N/A
1,258,920
5 4 THE INTERN (M), WARNER BROS [264/ $3,913] 1,033,048 -33%
7,936,831
6 2 CRIMSON PEAK (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [190/ $2,822] 536,092 -52%
1,641,442
7 2 LEGEND (MA15+), STUDIOCANAL [195/ $2,727] 531,849 -47%
1,546,859
8 3 BLACK MASS (MA15+), WARNER BROS [196/ $1,658] 324,986 -59%
2,628,169
9 3 MISS YOU ALREADY (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [183/ $1,747] 319,769 -46%
1,771,656
10 6 ODDBALL (G), ROADSHOW [210/ $1,321] 277,468 -36%
10,163,053
11 2 THE WALK (PG), SONY PICTURES [330/ $793] 261,790 -63%
1,063,789
12 5 SICARIO (MA15+), ROADSHOW [70/ $2,234] 156,348 -48%
5,089,701
13 2 GOODBYE MR. LOSER (M), CHINALION FILM [13/ $11,608] 150,903 -65%
645,074
14 1 SHAREEK (M), FRIENDS INDIA [20/ $6,557] 131,133 N/A
131,133
15 1 ALEX & EVE (M), MAGIC BOX ENT. [32/ $3,845] 123,032 N/A
158,484
16 5 PAN (PG), WARNER BROS [124/ $964] 119,534 -54%
6,995,930
17 1 ED SHEERAN: JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS (EX), SCREEN LIVE [20/ $5,761] 115,215 N/A
115,215
18 1 SHAANDAAR (M), MINDBLOWING FILMS [16/ $6,599] 105,577 N/A
105,577
19 1 THE LOBSTER (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [8/ $12,586] 100,686 N/A
115,669
20 6 EVEREST (M), UNIVERSAL [65/ $1,497] 97,309 -57%
10,197,072
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Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, October 29 – November 1, 2015
WIR = Weeks In Release
No WIR Title $ %
Total $
1 1 THE DRESSMAKER (M), UNIVERSAL [384/ $8,240] 3,164,038 N/A
3,576,832
2 5 THE MARTIAN (M), FOX [386/ $4,141] 1,598,326 -28%
23,219,186
3 2 BRIDGE OF SPIES (M), FOX [308/ $4,232] 1,303,444 -26%
3,844,639
4 1 THE LAST WITCH HUNTER (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [182/ $6,050] 1,101,159 N/A
1,108,523
5 2 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: GHOST DIMENSION (M), PARAMOUNT [319/ $2,198] 701,304 -48%
2,418,958
6 2 BURNT (M), ROADSHOW [248/ $2,066] 512,361 -41%
1,771,347
7 5 THE INTERN (M), WARNER BROS [215/ $2,002] 430,343 -43%
8,370,361
8 PR HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (PG), SONY PICTURES [120/ $2,294] 275,221 N/A
275,221
9 3 CRIMSON PEAK (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [158/ $1,140] 180,181 -55%
1,821,623
10 3 LEGEND (MA15+), STUDIOCANAL [152/ $1,180] 179,362 -53%
1,726,221
11 7 ODDBALL (G), ROADSHOW [203/ $819] 166,283 -25%
10,331,098
12 1 THE WITNESS (M), CHINALION FILM [10/ $8,732] 87,320 N/A
87,320
13 4 MISS YOU ALREADY (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [114/ $718] 81,820 -63%
1,853,476
14 4 BLACK MASS (MA15+), WARNER BROS [90/ $883] 79,474 -66%
2,707,571
15 6 SICARIO (MA15+), ROADSHOW [55/ $1,423] 78,282 -31%
5,167,557
16 1 MISTRESS AMERICA (MA15+), FOX [20/ $3,649] 72,989 N/A
72,989
17 6 PAN (PG), WARNER BROS [98/ $684] 67,053 -37%
7,063,843
18 2 ALEX & EVE (M), MAGIC BOX ENT. [34/ $1,906] 64,812 -27%
223,296
19 2 THE LOBSTER (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [10/ $6,415] 64,152 -2%
179,821
20 1 SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (MA15+), MADMAN [35/ $1,722]
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Chart

Super holds for both Dressmaker and Martian

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, November 5 - 8, 2015
WIR = Weeks In Release
No WIR Title $ %
Total $
1 2 THE DRESSMAKER (M), UNIVERSAL [382/ $8,019] 3,063,135 -3%
8,264,287
2 6 THE MARTIAN (M), FOX [327/ $4,420] 1,445,296 -10%
25,374,299
3 3 BRIDGE OF SPIES (M), FOX [313/ $3,110] 973,455 -25%
5,585,837
4 2 THE LAST WITCH HUNTER (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [187/ $4,669] 873,192 -21%
2,432,570
5 1 SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [197/ $2,465] 485,632 N/A
485,632
6 3 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: GHOST DIMENSION (M), PARAMOUNT [273/ $1,593] 434,930 -39%
3,096,531
7 3 BURNT (M), ROADSHOW [210/ $1,713] 359,818 -30%
2,378,100
8 6 THE INTERN (M), WARNER BROS [179/ $1,935] 346,366 -20%
8,923,712
9 1 MAN UP (M), STUDIOCANAL [103/ $1,818] 187,297 N/A
191,456
10 1 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: HAMLET (BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH (EX), SHARMILL [25/ $6,973] 174,328 N/A
175,309
11 8 ODDBALL (G), ROADSHOW [185/ $835] 154,396 -7%
10,592,463
12 4 LEGEND (MA15+), STUDIOCANAL [70/ $1,633] 114,331 -36%
1,929,546
13 1 EX-FILES 2: THE BACKUP STRIKE BACK (PG), MAGNUM FILMS [9/ $10,661] 95,952 N/A
95,952
14 1 NOW ADD HONEY (M), ROADSHOW [64/ $1,254] 80,241 N/A
90,417
15 4 CRIMSON PEAK (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [83/ $922] 76,559 -58%
1,980,869
16 3 THE LOBSTER (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [10/ $7,144] 71,439 11%
287,963
17 7 PAN (PG), WARNER BROS [95/ $749] 71,180 6%
7,185,918
18 3 ALEX & EVE (M), MAGIC BOX ENT. [32/ $2,194] 70,217 8%
324,318
19 7 SICARIO (MA15+), ROADSHOW [39/ $1,545] 60,254 -23%
5,266,078
20 1 BORN TO DANCE (M), VENDETTA [22/ $2,288] 50,333 N/A
50,333
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On 11/9/2015, 9:26:50, DeeCee said:

Honestly. WTF? Why didn't Spectre open this weekend?

 

i'm wondering the same thing myself

 

instead it opens the weekend before mj2 meaning it's legs may well be savaged by mj2's opening...  nothing is locked given mj1 didn't break the bank....

actually given skyfall's performance here (49m), i might have thought we got a day and date opening with the UK.

 

Skyfall did manage a 12.3m OW facing off against the breaking dawn 2 2nd weekend, but bd2 got shredded for 64% in it's second weekend.  but then it had very little competition until boxing day (in fact i think it stay #1 until then) when the hobbit 1 dominated proceedings.

 

before the US opening, I had this opening > 13m, but i'm not so sure anymore.  I now thinking around 10.5m seems right for this.  Watch for a more typical drop of over 55% too.  i'm not expecting a drop close to skyfalls fantastic 37%.  The drop frankly could even be worse if mj2 does indeed explode more than expected.

 

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I just realised there's Spectre screenings tonight.

 

No wonder the Thursday night session I had been looking at hadn't sold many tickets.

 

Event Cinemas seem to be hedging there bets at this stage.  MJ2 is getting just 1 of the VMAX screens in each theatre.

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