Local Successes Lift Australia 2021 Box Office off the Bottom
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinema box office in Australia rebounded by 50% in 2021, compared with 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the theatrical business was still less than half the level of 2019. Gross boss office was A$605 million ($432 million) according to data from the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia and tracking service Numero.
That compared with A$401 million ($286 million) in 2020 and A$1.23 billion ($878 million) in 2019. Despite the country’s slow and spotty reopening – Melbourne endured one of the world’s longest lockdowns – Australian films enjoyed a year that was stronger that in many pre-pandemic periods.
Their combined gross was A$71.5 million ($51.0 million), or 12% of the national total, compared with A$22.7 million, or a 6% market share in 2020, and A$40 million or 3.5% in 2019.
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