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List of highest-grossing films in Australia

The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Australia. The list is topped by James Cameron's Avatar (2009) which surpassed his Titanic (1997) to take the local record. Crocodile Dundee (1986) is the highest-grossing Australian film with a gross of A$47.7 million.

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The following is a list of the highest-grossing Australian films at the Australian box office. Crocodile Dundee has remained the highest-grossing Australian film for 38 years, even without factoring in inflation.

High grossing Australian films from earlier decades include:

• 1900s – The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) (gross £20,000)^[21]
• 1910s – The Fatal Wedding (1911) (£18,000),^[22] The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1912) (£20,000),^[21] The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1915) (£25,000)^[21]
• 1920s – For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) (over £40,000)^[23]
• 1930s – On Our Selection (1932) (£60,000),^[24] The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) (£50,000)^[24]
• 1940s – Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940) (£130,000),^[25] Smithy (1946) (over £50,000),^[24] The Overlanders (1946) (£250,000),^[24] Sons of Matthew (1949)
• 1950s – Walk Into Paradise (1956)

• Lists of highest-grossing films

• MPDAA Historical Box Office Top 10 Lists Archived 22 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Film Victoria — Australian Films at the Australian Box Office