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Australia

2008 PG-13 2h 45m Adventure, Drama, Romance 20th Century Fox

Welcome to Australia!

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$49.6M
Final
Opening Weekend
$14.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.35x
Opening → Total
Budget
$130M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$212M
$162M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 28-30 5 $14.8M $20.0M 2,642 $6K 1
Dec 5-7 4 $7.1M -52.4% $30.9M 2,721 $3K 2
Dec 12-14 5 $4.2M -40.9% $37.8M 2,703 $2K 3
Dec 19-21 9 $2.2M -47.9% $41.8M 2,212 $982 4
Dec 26-28 19 $1.1M -50.4% $44.3M 711 $2K 5
Jan 2-4 19 $1.2M +7.8% $46.7M 765 $2K 6
Jan 9-11 22 $617K -46.9% $47.8M 543 $1K 7
Jan 16-18 31 $296K -52.1% $48.3M 287 $1K 8
Jan 23-25 32 $211K -28.6% $48.7M 241 $876 9
Jan 30-Feb 1 34 $173K -18.2% $49.0M 297 $581 10
Feb 6-8 42 $127K -26.2% $49.2M 178 $715 11
Feb 13-15 46 $89K -29.9% $49.3M 110 $811 12

Performance Charts

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byBaz Luhrmann
ScreenplayBaz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie, Richard Flanagan, Ronald Harwood
Produced byBaz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman, G. Mac Brown
CinematographyMandy Walker
MusicDavid Hirschfelder
Prod. DesignCatherine Martin
StarringNicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Essie Davis, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, David Gulpilil
Studio20th Century Fox