Key statistics on the cinema industry in Australia Yearly overview 2023 snapshot Screens and theatres Total screens, theatres and seating capacity Seats, screens and theatres by state Capacity by exhibitor By state and exhibitor Multiplexes: By state and exhibitor Historical admissions Overview of cinema admissions, 1901 to present Before 1900 About the data Box office Gross box office and admissions Distributors’ market share Ticket prices Australian share of the Australian box office State shares Films screened Number of Australian and overseas films released in Australian cinemas since 1984 Top film each year since 1972 Top 50 each year since 1992 Top 50 films of all time Top documentaries of all time World rankings Number of feature films produced and key cinema data since 2008 About the data Notes on sources of data for this section Other data sources As well as the data published and updated by Screen Australia, information on cinema is also available from other sources. Find out more