Box Office: Wandering Earth, Storm Boy and a collapsing market (for now)

The latest Chinese success story is doing gobsmacking numbers per cinema here and is unnoticed in the US.

11 Feb 2019

David Tiley

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Is anything sacred? Chinese producers are now making space operas. Wandering Earth is huge in China with no US release. Image: The Wandering Earth.

This weekend, with no major tentpole films on offer, the total Australian box office dropped under $10m, which is worse than any figure in 2018. It is an impressive collapse.

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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.