Box Office – 2 April 2017 – track Zach and The Family

Lion holds on, just, while The Family and Zac's Ceremony create some spreading ripples. Hark, we hear the holiday tentpoles and the jangle of circus banjos.
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Image: beautiful titles for Zach’s Ceremony from Picture Drift.

Lion is so near and yet so far. With $29,160,996 in box office, we have an agonising wait as it inches forward at the rate of $91,000 and falling each week. Can the release of the director’s cut push it over the $30m barrier?

Probably not. It is stalled in the water. 

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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.