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Top 50 films in Australia of all time, ranked by total reported gross Australian box office as at February 2010; Australian films listed in bold

Next update February 2011

Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time in Australia, with box office earnings of $88,856,853 as of 1 February 2010. By 7 March 2010, its earnings had risen to $108,621,853, making it the first film released in Australia to earn over $100 million.

In addition to Avatar, five new titles entered the all-time top 50 in 2009: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (10), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (11) The Twilight Saga: New Moon (13), Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (40) and Up (44).

There are five Australian films in the list: Crocodile Dundee (5), Australia (15), Babe (18), Happy Feet (33) and Moulin Rouge (47).

Rank	Title	Distributor	Release date	Box office ($)¹
1	Avatar	Fox	17 Dec 2009	88,856,853
2	Titanic	Fox	18 Dec 1997	57,650,984
3	Shrek 2	UIP	17 Jun 2004	50,388,327
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Roadshow	26 Dec 2003	49,370,354
5	Crocodile Dundee	Hoyts	30 Apr 1986	47,707,045
6	The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring	Roadshow	26 Dec 2001	47,429,619
7	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros	16 Jul 2008	46,089,622
8	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Roadshow	26 Dec 2002	45,654,259
9	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros	29 Nov 2001	42,348,061
10	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince	Warner Bros	15 Jul 2009	40,597,409
11	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount	24 Jun 2009	40,340,888
12	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	3 Jun 1999	38,828,310
13	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Hoyts	19 Nov 2009	38,220,990
14	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BVI	6 Jul 2006	38,051,837
15	Australia	Fox	26 Nov 2008	37,555,408
16	Finding Nemo	BVI	28 Aug 2003	37,394,504
17	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros	28 Nov 2002	37,379,249
18	Babe: The Gallant Pig	UIP/Universal	14 Dec 1995	36,776,544
19	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros	1 Dec 2005	35,734,973
20	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros	11 Jul 2007	35,531,181
21	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	19 May 2005	35,459,684
22	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BVI	26 Dec 2005	35,166,288
23	Meet the Fockers	UIP	26 Dec 2004	34,975,476
24	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	16 May 2002	33,862,850
25	Shrek the Third	Paramount	7 Jun 2007	33,727,143
26	The Matrix Reloaded	Roadshow	16 May 2003	33,625,057
27	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros	10 Jun 2004	33,140,027
28	Jurassic Park	UIP/Universal	2 Sep 1993	33,002,776
29	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BVI	24 May 2007	32,988,977
30	E.T.	UIP/Universal	1 Nov 1982	32,662,000
31	Casino Royale	Sony	7 Dec 2006	32,211,499
32	Shrek	UIP	21 Jun 2001	32,096,066
33	Happy Feet	Roadshow	26 Dec 2006	31,786,164
34	Mamma Mia!	Universal	10 Jul 2008	31,734,345
35	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	26 Jul 2007	31,435,836
36	Gladiator	UIP/Universal	4 May 2000	31,115,351
37	Quantum of Solace	Sony	19 Nov 2008	31,012,109
38	Spider-Man	Columbia	6 Jun 2002	30,840,434
39	Forrest Gump	UIP/Paramount	17 Nov 1994	30,562,133
40	Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox	1 Jul 2009	29,793,423
41	Independence Day	Fox	29 Aug 1996	29,496,567
42	The Sixth Sense	BVI	7 Oct 1999	29,306,480
43	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount	22 May 2008	29,298,273
44	Up	Disney	3 Sep 2009	27,990,900
45	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Roadshow	24 Oct 2002	27,989,740
46	Transformers	Paramount	28 Jun 2007	27,917,278
47	Moulin Rouge	Fox	24 May 2001	27,734,406
48	The Lion King	BVI/Disney	25 Aug 1994	27,107,180
49	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	18 May 2006	27,055,038
50	Sex and the City	Roadshow	5 Jun 2008	27,012,678

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Australian titles include Australian productions and productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).
1. Earnings are in current dollars (i.e. not adjusted for inflation). Cumulative box office, as reported on 1 February 2010 in the MPDAA master report. These figures are updated on an ongoing basis therefore there may be some discrepancies with previously published data.
2. Includes special edition re-release titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.

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