Sydney Australia Daily Telegraph - Monday, 23 January 2006
Box office admissions in Australia were down 9.75 per cent in 2005, the biggest slump in gross revenue since 1984.
The total box office was $818 million down on 2004's $907 million.
The top films of the year were Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith with $35.4 million and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ($30.799 million, although it's now earned $34.1 million).
The Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia quietly posted the figures without its customary fanfare.
But it has little to be embarrassed about after a number of Hollywood studio chiefs admitted its movies were too poor last year.
Anticipated hits such as Stealth, Bewitched, Hating Alison Ashley, Kingdom of Heaven, Elektra and The Island failed to fire.
Australian audiences were not alone though, box office revenue was down in many other countries.
[Movies fail simply because they do not entertain today like those of yesteryear.]
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