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Box Office History

Box Office

Last year, $170m was spent at the New Zealand box-office on ticket sales alone. This represents an 8% increase on 2008, which was previously the highest year on record.

 

New Zealand box office revenue 2005 - 2009

Source: MPDA

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With just under 15.5 million cinema attendances made every year, New Zealand enjoys one of the world’s highest levels of moviegoing per capita.

Top Movies of All Time

Rank

Film

Box-office $NZ

1

Avatar

$16.0m

2

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

$14.5m

3

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

$13.6m

4

Titanic

$12.9m

5

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

$12.1m

6

Shrek 2

$10.8m

7

King Kong

$9.0m

8

Chronicles of Narnia - Lion, Witch & Wardrobe

$8.5m

9

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

$7.9m

10

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

$7.7m

11

Forrest Gump

$7.6m

12

Mamma Mia!

$7.4m

13

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

$7.1m

14

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

$7.0m

15

Shrek the Third

$7.0m

16

The World's Fastest Indian

$6.9m

17

Transformers

$6.9m

18

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

$6.7m

19

The Dark Knight

$6.7m

20

Once Were Warriors

$6.6m

Source: MPDANZ
Ranked on Top 20 (not lifetime Box Office) earned up to week 3 March 2010

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