Red Dog is the eighth highest-grossing Australian film of all time.
Karl Quinn of the Sydney Morning Herald reports
RED Dog has passed the $20 million mark at the box office, making it the most successful Australian film domestically since Baz Luhrmann's Australia in 2008 and the eighth highest-grossing Australian movie (in raw dollar terms) of all time.
The only films to have performed better are Crocodile Dundee (1986, $47.7m), Australia (2008, $37.5m), Babe (1995, $36.7m), Happy Feet (2006, $31.7m), Moulin Rouge (2001, $27.7m), Crocodile Dundee 2 (1988, $24.9m) and Strictly Ballroom (1992, $21.7m).
In adjusted dollar terms, Red Dog sits at No. 20, but after 10 weeks in release this tale is still wagging strongly.
The family film - based on a novella by Louis de Bernieres, which was in turn based on the true story of a kelpie that roamed the outback in the 1970s in search of his missing master - is still showing on 210 screens nationally and took more than $800,000 last week.
The $8 million feature, filmed by Brisbane-born director Kriv Stenders, is due for release in Singapore next week and the UK in January.
''Australia has fallen in love with Red Dog,'' producer Nelson Woss said from the US, where he is presenting the film to festival audiences. ''Now it's time to share our story with the world.''
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