Archive International comparisons Share of domestic box office earned by the top film, and by the top 10 films, in Australia and selected countries, 1998 Rank1 Country % share of domestic box office Top film Top 10 films 1 Poland 24.2% 46.7% 2 Japan 18.3% 51.0% 3 Denmark 16.9% 44.3% 4 Sweden 16.5% 41.9% 5 Czech Republic 15.5% 42.4% 6 Norway 14.7% 43.6% 7 Argentina 14.1% 40.4% 8 France 12.2% 39.0% 9 UK 12.1% 35.1% 10 Germany 12.1% 33.4% 11 Italy 10.2% 34.3% 12 Spain 9.6% 29.9% 13 Australia 7.5% 31.3% 14 US 7.0% 27.3% 15 Hungary 7.0% 18.0% 16 South Korea 4.4% 17.4% 17 Hong Kong 4.3% 28.3% Source: Screen Digest, January 2000. Notes: 1. Ranked by share of box office earned by top film.