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Box Office 13 Feb 2017 – Lion passes $90m around the world

Lion purrs in UK, paces den in US, has become part of life in Australia.

13 Feb 2017

David Tiley

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Lion has now become impossibly winsome as it spreads across the English-speaking world. Image: Murray Fisher.

In week four, Lion is finally displaced from top slot by Fifty Shades Darker, out on almost a record 612 screens to make $6.14m in its first week at $10,000/screen. Overall that is a better figure than Lion, for this –

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.