Hunt for box office glory ends in record year
By Ethan Sills
5:00 AM Thursday Jan 26, 2017
Julian Dennison (left) and Sam Neill from Taika Waititi's film Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Photo / Supplied
Official box office takings have revealed that Hunt for the Wilderpeople helped make 2016 a record breaking year.
The Motion Picture Distributors Association of New Zealand yesterday revealed that in 2016, the local box office made $206,605,000.
This was a 6.8 per cent increase on 2015, which previously held the record with $193 million.