Much better than we think – 2016 overseas box office for Australian films
Antony I. Ginnane, addicted to numbers, explains why the overseas box office for Australian films is better than we think. Even for Gods of Egypt.
27 Jan 2017
Antony I Ginnane
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Image: the Polish poster for Oddball on DVD. Overseas it is called Oddball and the Penguins. Details really matter.
Antony I. Ginnane meticulously collects the international box office results for Australian films, and particularly delights in the tiny numbers for obscure territories. He is the man who knows that Hacksaw Ridge took US$$58m in China, making it the highest grossing Australian film in that market ever.
Melbourne born Antony I. Ginnane has produced or executive produced 70 feature films, MOW's, miniseries and TV series over 46 years including Patrick, High Tide, The Lighthorsemen, Screamers, Last Dance and most recently (in partnership with Kris Wyld) the TV series Pulse for ABC-TV. His distribution company, IFM World Releasing Inc. has a library of over 150 feature films and TV movies. His Australian production company F G Film Productions (Australia) Pty. Ltd. is developing a slate of productions for Australia for 2018 / 2019 including Chainbreakers and Spontaneous Combustion. He was President of SPAA from 2008 - 2011, attends the major world markets and is based in Los Angeles and Melbourne. His latest feature Bad Blood was released in Australia and the USA in October 2017. The Unusual Suspects his first book was published by Currency Press in November 2015.
