This list charts the most successful films at cinemas in Australia by box office sales in Australian dollars. An overview of the top-earning films and record-holders is provided, as well as the highest-grossing Australian productions.
Highest-grossing films
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Australia. The list is topped by James Cameron's Avatar (2009) which surpassed his Titanic (1997) to take the local record. Crocodile Dundee (1986) is the highest-grossing Australian film with a gross of A$47.7 million.
Background colour indicates films currently running in cinemas.
Highest-grossing film by year
Previous record holders
Highest-grossing Australian productions
The following is a list of the highest-grossing Australian films at the Australian box office. Crocodile Dundee has remained the highest-grossing Australian film for , regardless of inflation.
Previous Australian record holders
Other popular Australian films
High grossing Australian films from earlier decades include:
- 1900s â The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) (gross ã20,000)
- 1910s â The Fatal Wedding (1911) (ã18,000), The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1912) (ã20,000), The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1915) (ã25,000)
- 1920s â For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) (over ã40,000)
- 1930s â On Our Selection (1932) (ã60,000), The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) (ã50,000)
- 1940s â Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) (ã130,000), Smithy (1946) (over ã50,000), The Overlanders (1946) (ã250,000), Sons of Matthew (1949)
- 1950s â Walk Into Paradise (1956)
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