List of highest-grossing films in Australia

This list charts the most successful films at cinemas in Australia by box office sales in Australian dollars.An overview of the top-earning films and record-holders is provided, as well as the highest-grossing Australian productions.The list is topped by James Cameron's Avatar (2009) which surpassed his Titanic (1997) to take the local record.Crocodile Dundee has remained the highest-grossing Australian film for 39 years, even without factoring in inflation.High grossing Australian films from earlier decades include:
cinemasAustraliabox officeAustralian dollarsJames CameronAvatarTitanicCrocodile DundeeBarbieDeadpool & WolverineThe Lion KingBohemian RhapsodyInside Out 2The AvengersJurassic WorldHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2The Super Mario Bros. MovieRogue One: A Star Wars StoryShrek 2SkyfallFinding DoryBeauty and the BeastThe Dark KnightScreen AustraliaThe GodfatherAlvin PurpleThe StingThe Towering InfernoThe Spy Who Loved MeStar WarsThe Muppet MovieKramer vs KramerGallipoliThe Man from Snowy RiverE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialIndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomBeverly Hills CopBeverly Hills Cop IICrocodile Dundee IIIndiana Jones and the Last CrusadePretty WomanDances with WolvesStrictly BallroomJurassic ParkBatman ForeverIndependence DayMen in BlackGladiatorFinding NemoHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHarry Potter and the Half Blood PrinceHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Iron Man 3Gone With the WindThe Sound of MusicHappy FeetThe Lego MovieMoulin Rouge!The Great GatsbyPeter RabbitThey're a Weird MobPicnic at Hanging RockMad MaxThe Story of the Kelly GangThe Fatal WeddingThe Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not HangThe Martyrdom of Nurse CavellFor the Term of His Natural LifeOn Our SelectionThe Silence of Dean MaitlandForty Thousand HorsemenSmithyThe OverlandersSons of MatthewWalk Into ParadiseLists of highest-grossing filmsWayback MachineVarietyBox Office MojoThe AdvocateThe Daily NewsSunday MailThe Courier-MailBox office territoryBox-office bombFastest-grossing filmsSecond weekend box officehighest-grossing second weekendsSequelsLists of box office number-one filmsmost weekends at number one in North AmericaFour-wall distributionHighest-grossingHighest-grossing films worldwideBox office admissionsNon-EnglishOpeningsR-ratedVideo game adaptationsIndependent filmsAnimatedLive-action/animatedadult-oriented animated filmsActionChristmasFantasyHorrorLive-action comedyMusicalPuppetScience fictionSportsSuperheroBangladeshiFilipinoMexicanIndianoverseasBengaliMalayalamPunjabiTeluguKannadaItalianIranianJapaneseNigerianPakistaniPortugueseRussianAustriaFranceGermanyHong KongHungaryIndonesiaMalaysiaPakistanPhilippinesRomaniaRussiaSingaporeSouth KoreaSoviet UnionCatalanTaiwanThailandTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited States and CanadaVietnamActorsDirectorsProducersBox Office Entertainment AwardsCrystal FilmDiamond FilmGolden FilmrecipientsGolden Screen AwardGoldene LeinwandPlatinum FilmThe NumbersShowBIZ DataBox Office IndiaBox office futuresBox Office PoisonBoxoffice ProFilm Business AsiaBlockbuster100 Crore ClubBest-selling films in the United StatesHighest-grossing media franchisesHighest-grossing musical theatre productionsCinema of Australiapre-1910CinesoundCommonwealth Film LaboratoriesDisney Studios AustraliaFilm AustraliaKennedy Miller MitchellLimelight DepartmentPagewood StudiosPalaceScreen NSWScreen QueenslandScreen TasmaniaScreenwestSouth Australian Film CorporationVicScreenVillage Roadshow PicturesVillage Roadshow StudiosAustralian Academy of Cinema and Television ArtsAustralian Cinematographers SocietyAustralian Directors GuildAustralian Film InstituteAustralian Classification BoardAustralian Guild of Screen ComposersAustralian Production Design GuildAustralian Screen EditorsAustralian Writers' GuildCasting Guild of AustraliaFilm Critics Circle of AustraliaSalvation ArmyScreen Producers AustraliaAACTA AwardsATOM AwardsAWGIE AwardsFilm Critics Circle of Australia AwardsInside Film AwardsAce CinemasAustralian Multiplex CinemasDendy CinemasEvent CinemasGrand CinemasOzone TheatresPalace CinemasReading CinemasVillage CinemasWallis CinemasFilm and television financing in AustraliaFilm industry in Western AustraliaBushranger banOzploitationAustralian New WaveAustralian Western