Box Office 22 July 2019 – huge cat, noisy rocket, gator unloved

Lion King toys with the market as Mystify keeps on going. Plenty of films have cautious releases and get the results that fear deserves.
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Image: Lion King character

Michael Hutchence documentary Mystify is chugging along with $893,000 in three weeks, now on 55 screens at $1515/screen. Not quite a frog in a sock but it has passed Working Class Boy about Jimmy Barnes. 

Australian eco-doc 2040 has made $1.25m. 

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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.