AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2010-2014 · 2 Market Study Australia/New Zealand 2010 -2014, June 2015, by Split Screen for German Films 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 AVERAGE

1 Market Study Australia/New Zealand 2010-2014, June 2015, by Split Screen for German Films

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2010-2014 (1) BY THE NUMBERS (A) MARKET STATISTICS 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 AVERAGE Screens • Australia 1,994 1,991 1,997 2,057 2,041 2,016 • New Zealand 324 409 407 407 408 391 • Total 2,318 2,400 2,404 2,464 2,449 2,407 Theatrical admissions (millions) • Australia 84.6 85 85.9 82 78.6 83.2 • New Zealand 15.3 14.2 14.5 14.5 14.9 14.7 • Total 99.9 99.2 100.0 96.5 93.5 97.8 Per capita attendance • Australia 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.7 • New Zealand 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 Box office (EUR millions) • Australia 820.3 866.8 879.0 712.3 725.6 800.8 • New Zealand 101.7 102.1 109.9 111.1 117.0 108.4 • Total 922.0 968.9 988.9 823.4 842.6 909.2 Releases • Australia 328 343 423 422 407 385 • New Zealand 287 277 291 273 262 278 Domestic releases • Australia 29 38 26 26 28 29 • New Zealand 6 7 7 6 6 6


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 AVERAGE US releases • Australia 137 155 160 183 149 157 • New Zealand 150 128 148 123 126 135 European releases • Australia 73 128 162 94 91 110 • New Zealand 62 63 68 60 48 60 German releases • Australia 6 4 6 5 9 6 • New Zealand 3 4 4 4 6 4 Domestic market share • Australia 4.52% 4.74% 4.27% 3.50% 6.90% 4.78% • New Zealand 5.25% 1.60% 2.91% 2.11% 2.16% 2.81% German market share • Australia 0.24% 0.33% 0.47% 0.18% 0.27% 0.30% • New Zealand 0.61% 0.56% 0.46% 0.51% 0.47% 0.52% *EUR figures are calculated throughout as of December 31 of the year in question.


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(B) THEATRICAL RELEASES TITLE DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE DATE BOX OFFICE AUSTRALIA 2010 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $AUS THE LAST STATION (Ger/Rus/UK) Becker Film Group 01.04.10 1,397,342 SOUL KITCHEN (Ger/Fr/It) Sharmill Films 06.05.10 495,330 DAS WEISSE BAND (Ger/Aut/It/Sp) Paramount Pictures Australia 06.05.10 322,475 WÜSTENBLUME (Ger/Aut) Madman Entertainment 09.12.10 288,656 FRIEDLICHE ZEITEN (Ger) Potential Films 14.01.10 61,624 NORDWAND (Ger/Aut/Swz) Rialto Distribution 18.02.10 12,411 NEW ZEALAND 2010 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $US THE LAST STATION (Ger/Rus/UK) Rialto Distribution 03.06.10 772,615 SOUL KITCHEN (Ger/Fr/It) Rialto Distribution 05.08.10 41,174 DAS WEISSE BAND (Ger/Aut/It/Sp) Paramount Pictures New Zealand 26.08.10 21,382 AUSTRALIA 2010 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $AUS MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR (Swe/Ger/Nor) Rialto Distribution 25.03.10 5,842,943 RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (UK/Ger/US) Sony Pictures Releasing Australia 14.10.10 4,554,070 THE GHOST (Fr/Ger/UK) Hoyts Australia 12.08.10 2,379,442 FLICKAN SOM LEKTE MED ELDEN (Swe/Fr/Ger) Rialto Distribution 23.09.10 3,122,065 LE PERE DE MES ENFANTS (Fr/Ger) Palace Films 26.08.10 441,579 MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGENBLICK (Den/Fin/Nor/Swe/Ger) Icon Film Distribution 12.08.10 156,712 LEBANON (Isr/Fr/Ger) Rialto Distribution 02.12.10 79,812 ENTER THE VOID (Fr/Ger/It) Transmission Films 02.12.10 27,548 VED VERDENS ENDE (Den/Ger/Aus) Filmways Distribution 12.08.10 1,509 NEW ZEALAND 2010 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $US FLICKAN SOM LEKTE MED ELDEN (Swe/Fr/Ger) Rialto Distribution 29.07.10 795,909 LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES (Swe/Den/Ger) Rialto Distribution 09.12.10 687,709 RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (UK/Ger/US) Sony Pictures New Zealand 28.10.10 494,381


THE GHOST (Fr/Ger/UK) Hoyts Distribution NZ 11.11.10 343,884 MAX MANUS (Nor/Den/Ger) Rialto Distribution 18.02.10 25,533 LEBANON (Isr/Fr/Ger) Rialto Distribution 18.11.10 17,236 ARN – TEMPELRIDDAREN (Den/Nor/Swe/Fin/Ger/UK) Metropolis 25.03.10 4,757 AUSTRALIA 2011 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $AUS THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Ger/Fr/UK/US) Hoyts Australia 20.10.11 2,937,017 PINA (Ger/Fr) Hopscotch Films 18.08.11 320,073 THE FUTURE (Ger/US) Madman Entertainment 17.11.11 91,867 EL BULLI – COOKING IN PROGRESS (Ger) Madman Entertainment 13.10.11 31,141 NEW ZEALAND 2011 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $US THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Ger/Fr/UK/US) Hoyts Distribution NZ 13.10.11 571,757 WÜSTENBLUME (Ger/Aut) Madman Entertainment NZ 13.01.11 83,277 PINA (Ger/Fr) Hopscotch NZ 20.10.11 76,190 EL BULLI – COOKING IN PROGRESS (Ger) Madman Entertainment NZ 08.12.11 6,305 AUSTRALIA 2011 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $AUS UNKNOWN (US/Ger/UK/Fr) Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia 17.02.11 5,654,148 LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES (Swe/Den/Ger) Rialto Distribution 03.03.11 2,434,850 HANNA (US/UK/Ger) Universal Pictures International Australia 28.07.11 1,944,267 ANONYMOUS (UK/Ger) Sony Pictures Releasing Australia 03.11.11 983,571 MELANCHOLIA (Den/Swe/Fr/Ger) Madman Entertainment 15.12.11 635,152 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (US/Fr/Ger/Can) Rialto Distribution 22.09.11 465,494 THE WHISTLEBLOWER (US/Can/Ger) Hopscotch Films 29.09.11 386,770 THE ILLUSIONIST (UK/Ger) Potential Films 28.07.11 196,112 LA RAFLE (Fr/Ger) Sharmill Films 05.05.11 171,840 THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER (Isr/Ger/Fr) Potential Films 05.05.11 156,600 CHALET GIRL (UK/Ger/Aut) Paramount Pictures Australia 01.09.11 135,698 LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (Fr/Ger) Madman Entertainment 19.05.11 127,093 CARLOS (Fr/Ger) Madman Entertainment 28.04.11 47,661 LE QUATTRO VOLTE (It/Ger/Swz) Potential Films 03.03.11 26,339 HAPPY EVER AFTERS (Ire/Ger) Hopscotch Films 07.07.11 17,793


MY SON MY SON WHAT HAVE YE DONE (US/Ger) Umbrella Entertainment 19.08.11 5,329 A MATTER OF SIZE (Isr/Ger/Fr) Umbrella Entertainment 01.12.11 1,473 NEW ZEALAND 2011 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $US UNKNOWN (US/Ger/UK/Fr) Roadshow Entertainment NZ 17.02.11 686,079 HANNA (US/UK/Ger) United International Pictures (NZ) 01.09.11 366,724 MELANCHOLIA (Den/Swe/Fr/Ger) Madman Entertainment NZ 22.12.11 247,496 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (US/Fr/Ger/Can) Rialto Distribution 13.10.11 180,591 THE WHISTLEBLOWER (US/Can/Ger) Hopscotch NZ 24.11.11 132,249 ANONYMOUS (UK/Ger) Sony Pictures New Zealand 03.11.11 78,471 LA RAFLE (Fr/Ger) Rialto Distribution 29.09.11 38,030 CHALET GIRL (UK/Ger/Aut) Paramount Pictures New Zealand 22.09.11 32,695 HAPPY EVER AFTERS (Ire/Ger) Hopscotch NZ 06.10.11 20,741 AUSTRALIA 2012 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $AUS RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Ger/Can) Sony Pictures Releasing Australia 13.09.12 3,984,322 A DANGEROUS METHOD (Ger/Can/UK/Swz) Paramount Pictures Australia 29.03.12 1,150,860 LORE (Ger/Aus/UK) Paramount Pictures Australia 20.09.12 315,645 WUNDERKINDER (Ger) Umbrella Entertainment 06.09.12 65,357 VINCENT WILL MEER (Ger) Umbrella Entertainment 15.03.12 38,655 KADDISCH FÜR EINEN FREUND (Ger) Indies Film Distribution 01.12.12 3,894 NEW ZEALAND 2012 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $US RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Ger/Can) Sony Pictures New Zealand 13.09.12 580,155 A DANGEROUS METHOD (Ger/Can/UK/Swz) Paramount Pictures New Zealand 26.04.12 50,365 WUNDERKINDER (Ger) Umbrella Entertainment 06.09.12 28,813 VINCENT WILL MEER (Ger) Umbrella Entertainment 23.02.12 12,056 AUSTRALIA 2012 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $AUS THE VOW (US/Brz/Fr/Aus/UK/Ger) Sony Pictures Releasing Australia 09.02.12 11,332,109 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (UK/Fr/Ger) Universal Pictures International Australia 19.01.12 6,664,618 HYSTERIA (UK/Fr/Ger/Lux) EOne Entertainment/Hopscotch Entertainment 12.07.12 1,598,894


EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (Den/Cz/Swe/Ger) Madman Entertainment 21.06.12 1,597,138 HODEJEGERNE (Nor/Den/Ger) Rialto Distribution 08.03.12 619,994 DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR (Den/Fr/It/Swe/Ger) Madman Entertainment 13.12.12 618,211 STREETDANCE 2 (UK/Ger/It) Hoyts Australia 19.04.12 569,348 LE HAVRE (Fin/Fr/Ger) Sharmill Films 29.03.12 513,546 ELENA (Rus/Ger) Palace Films 21.06.12 497,085 CARNAGE (Fr/Ger/Pol) Sony Pictures Releasing Australia 01.03.12 485,443 ET SI ON VIVAIT TOUS ENSEMBLE? (Fr/Ger) Madman Entertainment 26.07.12 339,968 IRON SKY (Fin/Ger/Aus) Hoyts Australia 10.05.12 289,931 UN AMOUR DE JEUNESSE (Fr/Ger) Palace Films 05.04.12 206,127 HOLY MOTORS (Fr/Ger) Icon Film Distribution 23.08.12 122,703 2 DAYS IN NEW YORK (Fr/Ger/Bel) EOne Entertainment/Hopscotch Entertainment 22.11.12 119,394 IN DARKNESS (Pol/Ger/Can) Village Roadshow 26.07.12 109,105 SKOONHEID (SA/Fr/Ger) Palace Films 02.08.12 103,519 NOBELS TESTAMENTE (Swe/Ger) Rialto Distribution 20.09.12 15,889 SIMON OCH EKARNA (Swe/Den/Ger/Nor/NL) Champion Pictures 01.03.12 15,502 BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (UK/Ger) Madman Entertainment 27.12.12 14,766 NEW ZEALAND 2012 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $US THE VOW (US/Brz/Fr/Aus/UK/Ger) Sony Pictures New Zealand 09.02.12 1,271,484 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (UK/Fr/Ger) United International Pictures (NZ) 19.01.12 1,225,535 HYSTERIA (UK/Fr/Ger/Lux) Hopscotch NZ 06.09.12 561,840 EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (Den/Cz/Swe/Ger) Madman NZ 21.06.12 271,761 LE HAVRE (Fin/Fr/Ger) Rialto Distribution 31.05.12 191,561 STREETDANCE 2 (UK/Ger/It) Hoyts Distribution NZ 12.04.12 187,123 HODEJEGERNE (Nor/Den/Ger) Rialto Distribution 08.03.12 163,192 DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR (Den/Fr/It/Swe/Ger) Madman Entertainment NZ 13.12.12 111,503 THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE DYING (NZ/Ger/Fr) Rialto Distribution 16.04.12 69,303 NOBELS TESTAMENTE (Swe/Ger) Rialto Distribution 31.05.12 61,192 CARNAGE (Fr/Ger/Pol) Sony Pictures New Zealand 12.04.12 50,752 IRON SKY (Fin/Ger/Aus) Hoyts Distribution NZ 09.08.12 35,338 I, ANNA (UK/Ger/Fr) Madman Entertainment NZ 29.11.12 22,718 AUSTRALIA 2013 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $AUS


CLOUD ATLAS (Ger/US) Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia 28.02.13 1,302,008 BARBARA (Ger) Madman Entertainment 07.03.13 326,779 NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON (Ger/Swe/Por) Pinnacle Films 05.12.13 291,502 V TUMANE (Ger/Lat/NL/Belarus) Sharmill Films 14.03.13 48,017 ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY (Ger/US) Curious Films 20.06.13 9,461 NEW ZEALAND 2013 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $US BARBARA (Ger) Madman Entertainment NZ 11.04.13 411,060 DIE VERLORENE ZEIT (Ger) Arkles Entertainment 13.06.13 236,246 NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON (Ger/Swz/Por) Pinnacle Films 05.12.13 81,798 MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE (Ger/Bel/Fr/US) Umbrella Entertainment 28.11.13 59,316 AUSTRALIA 2013 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $AUS HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (US/Ger) Paramount Pictures Australia 07.02.13 8,071,213 RUSH (US/UK/Ger) EOne Entertainment 03.10.13 4,304,179 THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (US/Ger/Can) Village Roadshow 22.08.13 3,857,487 SONG FOR MARION (UK/Ger) EOne Entertainment 25.04.13 1,223,171 AMOUR (Fr/Ger/Aut) Paramount Pictures Australia 21.02.13 1,211,279 TABU (Por/Ger/Brz/Fr) Palace Films 16.05.13 443,465 KON-TIKI (Nor/UK/Den/Ger) Paramount Pictures Australia 11.04.13 337,501 ELLES (Fr/Pol/Ger) Palace Films 07.02.13 239,252 THE GATEKEEPERS (Isr/Fr/Ger/Bel) Madman Entertainment 05.09.13 195,243 THE GRUFFALO (UK/Ger) Village Roadshow 30.11.13 21,384 THE FLAT (Isr/Ger) Jiff Distribution 08.08.13 5,341 NEW ZEALAND 2013 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $US THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Can/Ger) Roadshow Entertainment NZ 22.08.13 705,242 HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (US/Ger) Paramount Pictures New Zealand 31.01.13 564,052 SONG FOR MARION (UK/Ger) Hopscotch NZ 09.05.13 532,511 AMOUR (Fr/Ger/Aut) Madman NZ 22.01.13 253,082 KON-TIKI (Nor/UK/Den/Ger) Madman NZ 16.05.13 168,806 THE PATIENCE STONE (Arg/Fr/Ger/UK) Rialto Distribution 22.08.13 15,162


AUSTRALIA 2014 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $AUS LOVE, ROSIE (Ger/UK) Studiocanal Australia 06.10.14 1,772,364 DIE BIENE MAJA – DER KINOFILM (Ger/Aus) Studiocanal Australia 01.11.14 256,164 HANNAH ARENDT (Ger/Lux/Fr/Isr) Curious Films 13.03.14 234,447 HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (Ger/Can) Becker Film Group 23.10.14 223,725 MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE (Ger/Bel/Fr/US) Umbrella Entertainment 06.03.14 183,394 THE GREEN PRINCE (Ger/Isr/UK) Madman Entertainment 04.12.14 118,714 TARZAN 3D (Ger) Icon Film Distribution 11.09.14 100,953 LAUF JUNGE LAUF (Ger/Fr/Pol) Jiff Distribution 27.11.14 20,139 FEUCHTGEBIETE (Ger) Madman Entertainment 04.09.14 18,571

NEW ZEALAND 2014 GERMAN FILMS (100% OR MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS) $US LOVE, ROSIE (Ger/UK) Studiocanal NZ 23.10.14 289,525 TARZAN 3D (Ger) Roadshow Entertainment NZ 26.06.14 227,345 HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (Ger/Can) Becker Film Group 30.10.14 99,922 HANNAH ARENDT (Ger/Lux/Fr/Isr) Curious Film 13.03.14 36,503 DIE BIENE MAJA - DER KINOFILM (Ger/Aus) Studiocanal NZ 30.10.14 13,009 DIE GELIEBTEN SCHWESTERN (Ger/Aut) Curious Film 02.10.14 6,050 AUSTRALIA 2014 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $AUS THE BOOK THIEF (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Australia 09.01.14 14,068,804 THE MONUMENTS MEN (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Australia 13.03.14 8,788,272 POMPEII (Can/Ger) Icon Film Distribution 20.03.14 1,385,604 WADJDA (Saudi/Ger) EOne Entertainment 20.03.14 716,706 KIS UYKUSU (Tur/Ger/Fr) Sharmill Films 08.11.14 234,723 KVINDEN I BURET (Den/Ger/Swe) Madman Entertainment 31.07.14 200,576 NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 1 (Den/Ger/Fr/Swe/Bel) Transmission Films 27.03.14 123,352 BETHLEHEM (Isr/Bel/Ger) Jiff Distribution 07.08.14 70,280 MAPS TO THE STARS (Can/US/Fr/Ger) EOne Entertainment 20.11.14 67,356 GRZELI NATELI DGEEBI (Geo/Ger/Fr) Palace Films 25.09.14 51,249 MY SWEET PEPPER LAND (Fr/Ger) Sharmill Films 22.05.14 50,020 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (Fr/Ger) Pinnacle Films 26.06.14 38,146 THE CONGRESS (Isr/Ger/Pol/Fr/Bel) Madman Entertainment 04.12.14 15,441


NEW ZEALAND 2014 GERMAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS $US THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox New Zealand 10.04.14 2,081,934 THE BOOK THIEF (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox New Zealand 09.01.14 1,832,436 THE MONUMENTS MEN (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox New Zealand 13.03.14 1,182,136 THE LUNCHBOX (Ind/Fr/Ger) Madman NZ 18.09.14 388,250 POMPEII (Can/Ger) Roadshow Entertainment NZ 20.03.14 226,647 WADJDA (Saudi/Ger) EOne 20.03.14 175,808 ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (UK/Ger/Fr/Cyp) Madman NZ 01.05.14 104,482 A MOST WANTED MAN (UK/US/Ger) Roadshow Entertainment NZ 23.10.14 68,990 KVINDEN I BURET (Den/Ger/Swe) Madman NZ 04.09.14 27,009 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (Fr/Ger) n/a 26.06.14 23,004 NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 1 (Den/Ger/Fr/Swe/Bel) Madman NZ 03.04.14 20,670 (C) TOP 10 GERMAN FILMS IN AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA ADMISSIONS BOX OFFICE (EUR) RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (2012) 304,147 2,666,846 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (2011) 228,206 2,314,369 LOVE, ROSIE (2014) 130,321 1,339,907 THE LAST STATION (2010) 109,510 1,067,569 CLOUD ATLAS (2013) 97,092 843,701 A DANGEROUS METHOD (2012) 87,852 906,878 SOUL KITCHEN (2010) 38,819 378,342 DAS WEISSE BAND (2010) 25,272 246,371 PINA (2011) 24,870 252,218 BARBARA (2013) 24,443 211,753 Average admissions for a German film in Australia, 2010-2014: 41,550 Average box office for a German film in Australia, 2010-2014: EUR 400,097 Positions may be affected by alterations in the exchange rate


NEW ZEALAND ADMISSIONS BOX OFFICE (EUR) THE LAST STATION (2010) 81,328 591,113 RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (2012) 61,069 439,757 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (2011) 60,185 441,396 BARBARA (2013) 43,269 298,430 LOVE, ROSIE (2014) 30,476 239,148 DIE VERLORENE ZEIT (2013) 24,868 171,515 TARZAN 3D (2014) 23,931 187,787 HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (2014) 10,518 82,536 WÜSTENBLUME (2011) 8,766 64,290 NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON (2013) 8,610 59,385 Average admissions for a German film in New Zealand, 2010-2014: 18,571 Average box office for a German film in New Zealand, 2010-2014: EUR 135,513 Positions may be affected by alterations in the exchange rate AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ADMISSIONS BOX OFFICE (EUR) RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION 365,216 3,106,603 THE THREE MUSKETEERS 288,391 2,755,765 THE LAST STATION 190,838 1,658,682 LOVE, ROSIE 160,797 1,579,055 CLOUD ATLAS 97,092 843,701 A DANGEROUS METHOD 93,154 945,055 BARBARA 67,712 510,183 SOUL KITCHEN 43,153 410,295 PINA 32,890 311,037 DAS WEISSE BAND 27,523 262,748 Average admissions for a German film in Australia and New Zealand combined, 2010-2014: 27,730 Average box office for a German film in Australia and New Zealand combined, 2010-2014: EUR 251,672 Positions may be affected by alterations in the exchange rate


(2) DISTRIBUTORS OF GERMAN FILMS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA (A) STUDIO AFFILIATE Paramount Pictures Australia 2010 DAS WEISSE BAND 2012 A DANGEROUS METHOD; LORE Sony Pictures Releasing Australia 2012 RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia 2013 CLOUD ATLAS (B) INDEPENDENTS 6 TITLES Madman Entertainment 2010 WÜSTENBLUME 2011 EL BULLI – COOKING IN PROGRESS; THE FUTURE 2013 BARBARA 2014 FEUCHTGEBIETE; THE GREEN PRINCE 3 TITLES Umbrella Entertainment 2012 VINCENT WILL MEER; WUNDERKINDER 2014 MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE


2 TITLES Becker Film Group 2010 THE LAST STATION 2014 HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS Curious Film 2013 ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY 2014 HANNAH ARENDT Sharmill Films 2010 SOUL KITCHEN 2013 V TUMANE Studiocanal 2014 DIE BIENE MAJA – DER KINOFILM; LOVE, ROSIE SINGLE TITLES 2010 Potential Films Pty FRIEDLICHE ZEITEN Rialto Distribution (Australia) NORDWAND 2011 Hopscotch Films PINA Hoyts Distribution THE THREE MUSKETEERS 2012 Indies Film Distribution KADDISCH FÜR EINEN FREUND


2013 Pinnacle Films NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON 2014 Icon Film Distribution Pty TARZAN 3D Jiff Distribution LAUF JUNGE LAUF NEW ZEALAND (A) STUDIO AFFILIATE Paramount Pictures New Zealand 2010 DAS WEISSE BAND 2012 A DANGEROUS METHOD Sony Pictures New Zealand 2012 RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (B) INDEPENDENTS 3 TITLES Madman Entertainment NZ 2011 EL BULLI - COOKING IN PROGRESS; WÜSTENBLUME 2013 BARBARA Umbrella Entertainment 2012 VINCENT WILL MEER; WUNDERKINDER 2013 MR. MORGAN’S LAST LOVE


2 TITLES Curious Film 2014 DIE GELIEBTEN SCHWESTERN; HANNAH ARENDT Rialto Distribution 2010 THE LAST STATION; SOUL KITCHEN Studiocanal NZ 2014 DIE BIENE MAJA - DER KINOFILM; LOVE, ROSIE SINGLE TITLES 2011 Hoyts Distribution NZ THE THREE MUSKETEERS Hopscotch NZ PINA 2013 Arkles Entertainment DIE VERLORENE ZEIT Pinnacle Films NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON 2014 Becker Film Group HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS Roadshow Entertainment NZ TARZAN 3D


(3) VOD AND DVD IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Country of origin of films available for VOD download from the SBS World Cinema site in one sample week in May 2015. Other European = Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK; Latin American = Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Uruguay; Asian = China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand; Other = Canada, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Palestine, Russia, South Africa, Tunisia and Turkey. German titles: A DANGEROUS METHOD; DREI; DRESDEN; GOETHE!; JUD SÜSS - FILM OHNE GEWISSEN; KEINOHRHASEN; KOKOWÄÄH; LAUTLOS; DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN; LIFE, ABOVE ALL; MÄNNERHERZEN; MÄNNERHERZEN UND DIE GANZ GROSSE LIEBE; NIRGENDWO IN AFRIKA; NORDWAND; DAS PARFUM - GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS; RATTEN - SIE WERDEN DICH KRIEGEN!; ROSENSTRASSE; SCHATTEN DER ZEIT; DER SCHUH DES MANITU; STURM; DER TUNNEL; DER UNTERGANG; VIER MINUTEN; VINCENT WILL MEER; VOM SUCHEN UND FINDEN DER LIEBE; VULKAN; WAS NÜTZT DIE LIEBE IN GEDANKEN; DIE WELLE; DAS WEISSE BAND; WER FRÜHER STIRBT IST LÄNGER TOT; DAS WILDE LEBEN; WINTERSCHLÄFER; WOMB; and WOMEN WITHOUT MEN.

Australia: Films on Demand

France

US

Australia & New Zealand

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Germany

Other European

Asian


Country of origin of films available on Rialto TV Channel 39, 13-19 June 2015. Other Europe = Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Sweden; Other = Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, Korea and Palestine; No German films programmed in week surveyed.

New Zealand: Pay TV

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France

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Other Europe

New Zealand

Other


Based on an analysis of online DVD and Blu-Ray retail sites DVD Warehouse and Quickflix. German titles available in June 2015: ALI: ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF; ALLE ANDEREN; AM LIMIT; BARBARA; BEDWAYS; DER BLAUE ENGEL; DAS BOOT; CROSSING THE BRIDGE; ESSENTIAL WORLD CINEMA: GERMANY (DIE BÜCHSE VON PANDORA; EUROPA EUROPA; FITZCARRALDO); FASSBINDER 1 (ANGST VOR DER ANGST; EFFIE BRIEST; MARTHA); FASSBINDER 2 (CHINESISCHES ROULETTE; KATZELMACHER; SATANSBRATEN); FASSBINDER 3 (DER DRITTE GENERATION; MUTTER KÜSTERS FAHRT ZUM HIMMEL); FASSBINDER 4 (DER AMERIKANISCHE SOLDAT; GÖTTER DER PEST; DIE LIEBE IST KÄLTER ALS DER TOD); DIE FETTEN JAHRE SIND VORBEI; FEUCHTGEBIETE; FRIEDLICHE ZEITEN; HÄNDLER DER VIER JAHRESZEITEN; HANNAH ARENDT; HELL; DER HIMMEL ÜBER BERLIN; JUD SÜSS - FILM OHNE GEWISSEN; DIE KOMMENDEN TAGE; M; DIE MACHT DER GEFÜHLE; NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS; OH BOY; PALERMO SHOOTING; RHYTHM IS IT!; SASHA; SOPHIE SCHOLL - DIE LETZTEN TAGE; SOUL KITCHEN; SPEER UND ER; STALINGRAD; STROSZEK; TANNÖD; TOD FÜR FÜNF STIMMEN; UNSERE MÜTTER, UNSERE VÄTER; DER UNTERGANG; VINCENT WILL MEER; DIE WANDERHÜRE; WARNUNG VON EINER HEILIGEN NUTTE; DAS WEISSE BAND; WOLKE 9 and WOMEN WITHOUT MEN.

Australia: Foreign-language DVD and Blu-Ray

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Other Europe

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Based on a non-comprehensive analysis of titles available in the ‘Arthouse and World Cinema’ category of DVDs and Blu-Ray titles listed on New Zealand retail platform MightyApe.co.nz. German titles appeared to consist mainly of films recently released theatrically in New Zealand and (the majority) auteur movies from the directors who emerged from the New German Cinema movement of the 1970s.

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(4) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: COMMENTARY The first thing that needs to be said is that Australia and New Zealand are quite distinct from one another both culturally and geographically. Both have seen a shift in the ethnic balance of their populations away from the waves of British and Irish immigration that settled the countries in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries; but they remain as different in many respects as one would expect from the geographical distance between them (they are as far apart as London and Moscow). In cinematic terms, however, they are often lumped together – not as closely as the US and Canada, but with New Zealand treated (to the despair of New Zealanders) as an offshore subsidiary, much as Ireland is seen as a part of the UK market. There is some justification for this: the same films are released at around the same time, often by partner distribution companies – a situation which is especially marked in the foreign language and arthouse markets, where market leaders Madman and Rialto operate across both territories. Per capita attendance is roughly equivalent, and box office and admissions are proportionate: Australia’s population and annual box-office figures are roughly five and a half those of New Zealand. There can, however, be a marked difference in the performance of individual titles, both mainstream and arthouse; CLOUD ATLAS, for instance, was the fifth highest grossing German film of the five-year period in Australia, but was not even released theatrically in New Zealand; and BARBARA performed proportionally 10 times better in New Zealand than it did in Australia. One area which has seen a growth spurt in both territories is the programming of ‘live’ transmissions of (London) West End and Broadway successes, which now have a substantial market share in both Australia and New Zealand, with between 30 and 40 examples released annually. Although the number of screens in Australia peaked in 2013, the country, with its state-of-the-art cinema circuits and high standard of living, remains a key territory for North American movies, being the second-largest English-language market outside North America. But, with most of its 22 million population living in and around its five main cities (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth) and with those cities separated by large distances, it has tended to be a more problematic market for arthouse and foreign-language titles, with films from Europe (excluding the UK) accounting for only around 10% of all titles released in Australia theatrically each year. Given that New Zealand has a population of just over four million (only slightly more than that of Berlin), the opportunities for theatrical distribution of arthouse titles are necessarily limited, with arthouse screens restricted to the larger cities. But the overall screen count has increased by 30% over the past five years, which have also seen the emergence of a sizeable cine-literate audience, helped by the (for a small market) wide range of choice on the Rialto movie channel. And, whereas arthouse releases were previously restricted to films already acquired for Australia, there is now evidence of distributors taking the risk with NZ-only titles, as happened in 2013 with Arkles Entertainment’s very successful release of WWII drama DIE VERLORENE ZEIT – a title which did not open in any of the other territories in this survey. When it comes to TV, DVD and online viewing of foreign-language films, a recent major report by Screen Australia (Online and On Demand: Trends in Australian Online Video Use) proved somewhat inconclusive. Whereas there was clear evidence that Australian viewers used new technology to time-shift and catch up on missed programmes and Australian films, there seemed little evidence that the increased potential for niche (which would include foreign-language) product – something which was one of the key claims of the report – had become a market reality. In the chart below, adapted from the report,


clear trends can be observed in the numbers of people who used new technology when it came to local and Hollywood films and programmes; but the responses for ‘indie’ and ‘arthouse’ films basically flatlined a point or two either side of 20%.

There are no such recent reports available for New Zealand, where the most recent survey of the screen industry by Statistics New Zealand dates back to 2008. At that stage, the sector seems robust: the home entertainment business – DVD and BluRay – was estimated to be worth half as much again as the film exhibition business. But it remains Hollywood-dominated. Of the limited number of foreign-language titles available from online sales platform MightyApe (which covers a much wider range of goods than just home entertainment), German films were the fourth largest European selection – after France, the UK and Italy. In other respects, however, the NZ home entertainment market does seem to confirm the Anglophone-audience cliché about ‘foreign language’ equalling ‘French’.

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In conclusion, while it is possible to have some idea of what titles are available for VOD and DVD/BluRay in Australia and New Zealand, it is, as everywhere, almost impossible to find any evidence of how many copies of those titles are bought, streamed or downloaded. Thus German filmmakers can take comfort in the fact that many of their films are available to viewers downunder; but they can only guess how many people are actually paying to watch them. (5) GERMAN FILMS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND When it comes to the performance of German films between 2010 and 2014, Australia and to a lesser extent New Zealand showed the patterns one would expect of an English-language market, with festival and arthouse films accounting for around a third of releases but (as the charts on the following page show) just 13% of box office. In New Zealand, the basic pattern was the same: films which could ‘pass for’ mainstream dominated the charts. But there were some unexpected results on the Kiwi side of the Tasman: serious drama THE LAST STATION outperformed popcorn fare such as RESIDENT EVIL and THE THREE MUSKETEERS, for instance, while BARBARA sold over 43,000 tickets – more than LOVE, ROSIE or WÜSTENBLUME. Notable disappointments on both markets were animated films DIE BIENE MAJA and TARZAN 3D – especially surprising in the case of the former since the film is a co-production between Germany and Australia and the children’s series on which it is based has aired regularly on Australia’s ABC channel. Also not much helped by a local connection (the director Cate Shortland is Australian) was German-language LORE, about the children of a high-ranking German soldier making their way across Germany in the summer of 1945. One striking success in New Zealand, meanwhile, was another wartime saga, DIE VELORENE ZEIT, about a concentration-camp romance in the same summer: a film unseen outside Germany, with the exception of Japan… and New Zealand, where it sold almost 25,000 tickets, ranking it sixth among all German films and majority co-productions released in the country between 2010 and 2014. In terms of distributors, Madman Entertainment, once the upstart outfit but now almost 20 years old, has been the most consistent acquirer of German films (four films in both territories, a further two in Australia alone) on all platforms. Umbrella Films has also been a regular buyer of German titles (three in the period examined). Another distinctive feature of the Australasian market has been the readiness of branches of the Hollywood majors or their Australian equivalents, Hoyts and Village Roadshow, to handle specialist fare: Paramount released DAS WEISSE BAND and A DANGEROUS METHOD in both territories, with Roadshow and Hoyts also releasing independent English-language films. On the home entertainment front, Madman has built a strong library of European films, but still appears hesitant to release all its theatrical titles on DVD, while Rialto, formerly active only in exhibition, has done much to make New Zealand more cinéphile-friendly over the past decade.


Australia: Titles released by category

Festival & arthouse

English-language

Children's

Local interest

German stories

Classic re-releases

Australia: Categories by box office

Festival & arthouse

English-language

Children's

Local interest

German stories

Classic re-releases


New Zealand: Titles released by category

Festival and arthouse

English-language

Children's

Local interest

German stories

Classic re-releases

New Zealand: Categories by box office

Festival and arthouse

English-language

Children's films

Local interest

German stories

Classic re-releases


(6) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS International Monetary Fund, XE Currency Converter, Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia, Screen Australia, European Audiovisual Observatory, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Oztam, World Bank, Trading Economics, Urban Cinefile (with special thanks to Andrew Urban and Louise Keller), Box Office Mojo, Statistics New Zealand, Motion Picture Distributors Association of New Zealand, Sky TV Annual Report, scriblogs.co.nz, the Rialto Channel, MightyApe.co.nz

Documents

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2010-2014 · 2 Market Study Australia/New Zealand 2010 -2014, June 2015, by Split Screen for German Films 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 AVERAGE