by Dov Kornits
Yes yes yes, The Odyssey burnt up the box office, almost pillaging $20k per screen, but its result got us thinking … How does the top 20 fare, bearing in mind the traditional formula of Australian box office equating to 10% of the North American box office? The Odyssey, Toy Story 5 and Obsession are all at around 10%. Tuner fares best at 22%, Leviticus at almost 20%, Moana, Minions & Monsters, Jackass: Best and Last with 15%, The Sheep Detectives at 14%, Michael at 12%, whilst the disappointments are Evil Dead Burn at under 7%, Backrooms at 7.5%, Supergirl at 8% and Disclosure Day at 8.5%. You could argue that Tuner and The Sheep Detectives appealed to the older audience that traditionally heads to the cinema in Australia and Leviticus is a local film boosted by a big marketing push in North America. Perhaps Backrooms‘ distributor A24 needed to have an actual operation in Australia, but the rest will remain the great mystery of the box office.
AUSTRALIAN FILMS AT THE BOX OFFICE
