Drama production receives a record $2.29 billion in Australia

Screen Australia’s 32nd annual Drama Report, released today, shows an all-time high expenditure in Australia on scripted screen production.

Screen Australia’s 32nd annual Drama Report, released today, shows an all-time high expenditure in Australia on scripted screen production of $2.29 billion, says the Government’s key funding body for the Australian screen production industry. The expenditure is made up of a record spend on Australian titles of $1.51 billion, plus $777 million spent on foreign productions.

Overall $2.29 billion was spent across 162 drama screen productions that started production or post-production in Australia in 2021/22, compared to $1.94 billion spent across 163 productions in 2020/21.

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