Foreign productions: Feature films

In 2008/09, six foreign features started shooting in Australia (all Indian titles), allocating around $2 million (less than a fifth of their budgets) to expenditure in this country. This was an extreme contraction of foreign feature production – local expenditure usually averages $98 million annually – as there is generally at least one high-budget US title shooting here. However, several foreign titles have commenced production since July 2009, including The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.

A further seven titles started PDV work in Australia in 2008/09 but did not shoot here. These titles accounted for $19 million in local expenditure, compared to $13 million from 15 titles last year.

Foreign feature slate, 2004/05–2008/09

Notes:
See Key terms for definition of foreign.
1. Figures preceded by ‘+’ are for foreign productions undertaking only PDV work in Australia. This data is available from 2005/06 only.
2. Total budgets include only foreign titles shot in Australia – total budgets for foreign PDV-only titles are not available.