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The most successful film at the Australian box office as of April 2025 was Avatar, which to date has generated * million Australian dollars in revenue. Star Wars: The Force Awakens had generated box office revenue of million Australian dollars as of the same date, and Avatar: The Way of Water has taken  million Australian dollars.

Tickets and attendance

The average price of a cinema ticket in Australia has remained stable in recent years, and has seen steady, incremental year on year growth since 2007, reaching  Australian dollars in 2024. The maximum average ticket price has seen greater fluctuation; 2007 and 2008 saw a maximum ticket price of ** Australian dollars, prices peaked at **** Australian dollars in 2011 and fell to ** Australian dollars in 2019. Australian cinemas have enjoyed steady attendance figures; attendance has remained at around the ** percent since 2013, fluctuating by a maximum of **** percent year on year. However, the attendance rates fell drastically in 2020 and 2021 due to mandatory closures of cinemas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cinema ownership and number of screens

Australian cinema screens were mostly owned independently in 2021; ** percent, the largest market share, were not owned by a company. In terms of numbers, this share translates to ***privately owned screens. By comparison, the largest company, Event Cinemas, had a market share of ** percent, or 485 screens.