Feature film production activity summary Number of feature films produced, total production budgets and spend (current dollars*) in Australia, 1990/91–2013/14 Next update March 2016 While the number of Australian feature films produced each year since 1990/91 has fluctuated, the years 2005/06 to 2009/10 saw a sustained increase above the 24–year average of 29. Yearly fluctuations notwithstanding, the average budget per title has risen from $4.19 million in 1990/91 to $10.25 million in 2013/14, with the last three years sustaining average budgets in excess of $10 million. During the 1990s, 27 foreign features were made with total budgets of $980 million. This rose to 61 in the first decade of the 2000s, with total budgets around $2.5 billion. In the decade 2000/01 to 2009/10, numerous high-budget titles, mostly from the US, were shot in Australia, including the Matrix films, Peter Pan, Star Wars (episodes II and III), Superman Returns and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Foreign feature production dropped significantly in 2008/09, with no US production taking place that year, but rose again in 2009/10. Spending in Australia by foreign features has also fluctuated over the last 24 years, with the exception of the years 1999/00 to 2004/05 when spending rose consistently culminating in an historic high of $258 million. The 61 foreign features made between 2000/01 and 2009/10 spent more than $1.3 billion dollars in Australia. PDV-only work has also contributed to spend by foreign productions in Australia. In the four years to 2009/10, spend by foreign PDV-only projects averaged $13 million. The highest ever spend on foreign PDV-only was recorded in 2011/12, which included a substantial amount as a result of work on The Lego Movie by Australian production company Animal Logic. There were 35 Australian features produced in 2013/14,slightly above the average number of films produced over the last three years. Nine foreign features started shooting and another fifteen foreign features commenced only PDV work in Australia during the 2013/14 period. In total, the 24 foreign features allocated around $196 million to expenditure in Australia, the highest since 2004/05. The nine foreign features shot in Australia included Unbroken (US), San Andreas (US), The Moon and the Sun (US/China), The Dying of the Light (US), The Inbetweeners 2 (UK), Kingsman: The Secret Service (UK), Kung Fu Style (China), Perfect Friends (China) and Maha Maha (India). Foreign titles undertaking only PDV work in Australia originated mostly from the US, such as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past. For more details see Spending in Australia, Australian feature films, and Focus: Foreign drama production in Australia. No. features produced, 1990/91–2013/14 Total production budgets (current dollars*), 1990/91–2013/14 Feature film spend in Australia, 1994/95–2013/14 Notes: Foreign productions undertaking only PDV in Australia have been included since 2006/07. Figures preceded by '+' are for foreign productions undertaking only PDV work in Australia. Australian productions1 Foreign productions2 All productions No. Total budgets ($m)* Spend in Aust. ($m)*3 No. Total budgets ($m)*4 Spend in Aust. ($m)3* No. Total budgets ($m)*4 Spend in Aust. ($m)3* 1990/91 27 113 n.a. 1 20 n.a. 28 133 n.a. 1991/92 29 79 n.a. 4 69 n.a. 33 148 n.a. 1992/93 22 58 n.a. 2 29 n.a. 24 87 n.a. 1993/94 28 141 n.a. 2 69 n.a. 30 210 n.a. 1994/95 15 43 42 2 70 54 17 113 96 1995/96 23 89 89 5 132 60 28 221 148 1996/97 33 131 116 2 68 33 35 199 148 1997/98 35 165 146 3 80 67 38 245 213 1998/99 29 117 112 4 173 103 33 290 215 1999/00 27 141 129 2 272 78 29 413 206 Total 90/91–99/00 268 1,078 n.a. 27 981 n.a. 295 2,059 n.a. Annual av. 90/91–99/00 27 108 n.a. 3 98 n.a. 30 206 n.a. 2000/01 25 163 102 5 205 114 30 367 216 2001/02 27 170 156 7 374 185 34 545 341 2002/03 19 71 63 5 256 162 24 327 225 2003/04 22 225 201 7 432 249 29 656 449 2004/05 29 112 93 9 482 258 38 594 352 2005/06 34 124 112 4 36 23 38 160 135 2006/07 30 273 234 6 (+17) 268 105 (+9) 36 (+17) 541 339 (+9) 2007/08 39 252 173 7 (+15) 190 105 (+13) 46 (+15) 442 278 (+13) 2008/09 39 408 368 6 (+7) 10 2 (+18) 45 (+7) 418 370 (+18) 2009/10 42 301 273 5 (+6) 250 169 (+10) 47 (+6) 550 442 (+10) Total 00/01–09/10 303 2,098 1,776 61 (+45) 2,503 1,371 (+51) 367 (+45) 4,601 3,147 (+51) Annual av. 00/01–09/10 30 210 178 6 (+11) 250 137 (+13) 36 (+11) 460 315 (+13) 2010/11 22 125 93 15 8 77 37 133 170 2011/12 34 372 303 20 23 90 54 395 393 2012/13 29 301 251 14 155 110 43 456 361 2013/14 35 359 297 24 278 196 59 636 493 Source: Screen Australia. Notes: Figures are updated on an ongoing basis therefore there may be some discrepancies with previously published data. Figures preceded by '+' are for foreign productions undertaking only PDV work in Australia. Foreign productions undertaking only PDV in Australia have been included since 2006/07. Foreign shoot and PDV-only figures have been combined from 2010/11 onwards due to confidentiality reasons. n.a. Not available. Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. * Dollar value as per each year specified (ie not adjusted for inflation) . 1. Productions under Australian creative control, including domestic productions, official co-productions and other productions involving shared creative control, i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions. 2. Productions under foreign creative control with a substantial amount shot in Australia. 3. Includes some expenditure on foreign production elements – for example, fees for non-Australian actors or other individuals while working in Australia. See also Feature films: Spend in Australia since 1994/95. 4. Total budgets include only foreign titles shot in Australia – total budgets for foreign PDV-only titles are not available.