It’s been another successful year of cinema, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia. 2016 surpassed 2015’s record year with a box office CUME of A$1,259,337,000 – an increase of 2.69%
Over half of the Top 10 Highest Grossing Films of 2016 belonged to Walt Disney, with Pixar’s smash sequel Finding Dory taking the #1 spot. Just under half were based on comic books while only one film of the ten – Illumination’s The Secret Life of Pets – is an original film (i.e. not a sequel, prequel, spin-off, or remake).
See the full Top 10 below:
1. Finding Dory (Walt Disney) $48,558,612
2. Deadpool (Fox) $43,266,237
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Walt Disney) $36,389,015
4. Suicide Squad (Walt Disney) $34,274,186
5. Captain America: Civil War (Walt Disney) $33,733,539
6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Warner Bros.) $31,203,292
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney) $31,147,948
8. The Jungle Book (Walt Disney) $29,784,425
9. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros.) $29,678,247
10. The Secret Life of Pets (Universal) $29,557,247
