Box Office 22 Jan 2018 – Swinging Safari on road to nowhere

Swinging Safari swung past the sun and is heading into deep space, fuelled we fear by a distaste for burning children.
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All the fun of torturing children. IMAGE: Becker Group’s still of Swinging Safari.

This week, Swinging Safari, laden with enticing names, bounced onto 170 screens courtesy of Becker. A screen average of $3077, behind eleven other films in a crowded schedule, is a grim sign. It took $593,064 altogether as any chance of a foreign cinema release went up in smoke. 

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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.