Australian vampire film Daybreakers was one of the top 50 worldwide highest-grossing independent films of last year, according to new statistics.
The Spierig brothers film, starring TV actress Claudia Karvan alongside Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, was 31 on the list, after raking in $US50.6 million worldwide, according to the Independent Film & Television Alliance.
Released in Australia in January on 135 screens, the film only made $2.49 million Down Under but it made up for that in overseas territories such as the US ($US30.1 million).
Last year the directors of the film criticised Hoyts Distribution’s marketing of the film after the performance locally, as reported by IF.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse topped the list, grossing $US562.8 million globally, while Resident Evil: Afterlife ($US270.7 million) and The Expendables ($US228.5 million) came second and third respectively.
Thirty-seven English-language titles made the list, while Japan, France and Italy movies also made big money worldwide.
The full list is as follows:
|
Rank
|
Title
|
Language
|
Worldwide
Box Office ($US)
|
|
1
|
TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
|
English
|
$ 562,772,794
|
|
2
|
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
|
English
|
$ 270,702,775
|
|
3
|
THE EXPENDABLES
|
English
|
$ 228,474,879
|
|
4
|
RED
|
English
|
$ 160,645,569
|
|
5
|
THE BOOK OF ELI
|
English
|
$ 158,460,168
|
|
6
|
STEP UP 3D
|
English
|
$ 155,259,499
|
|
7
|
THE TOURIST
|
English
|
$ 126,492,009
|
|
8
|
SAW 3D
|
English
|
$ 122,660,096
|
|
9
|
KARIGURASHI NO ARRIETTY
(THE BORROWER ARRIETTY)
|
Japanese
|
$ 114,146,003
|
|
10
|
DEAR JOHN
|
English
|
$ 112,150,467
|
|
11
|
KICK ASS
|
English
|
$ 95,609,990
|
|
12
|
UMIZARU: THE LAST MESSAGE
|
Japanese
|
$ 95,469,952
|
|
13
|
KILLERS
|
English
|
$ 91,408,598
|
|
14
|
NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS
|
English
|
$ 89,832,550
|
|
15
|
ODORU DAISOSASEN 3 (BAYSIDE SHAKEDOWN 3)
|
Japanese
|
$ 83,204,093
|
|
16
|
EDGE OF DARKNESS
|
English
|
$ 81,208,697
|
|
17
|
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
|
English
|
$ 80,770,446
|
|
18
|
LETTERS TO JULIET
|
English
|
$ 79,135,982
|
|
19
|
PIRANHA 3D
|
English
|
$ 69,449,994
|
|
20
|
LEGION
|
English
|
$ 65,675,885
|
|
21
|
THE LAST EXORCISM
|
English
|
$ 64,853,785
|
|
22
|
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE
|
English
|
$ 63,457,446
|
|
23
|
THE GHOST WRITER
|
English
|
$ 62,047,590
|
|
24
|
THE AMERICAN
|
English
|
$ 62,039,378
|
|
25
|
TROPA DE ELITE 2 (ELITE SQUAD 2)
|
Portuguese
|
$ 61,534,032
|
|
26
|
TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO
|
English
|
$ 60,631,493
|
|
27
|
SKYLINE
|
English
|
$ 58,749,662
|
|
28
|
REMEMBER ME
|
English
|
$ 56,506,120
|
|
29
|
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
|
English
|
$ 53,139,168
|
|
30
|
THE FIGHTER
|
English
|
$ 51,012,572
|
|
31
|
DAYBREAKERS
|
English
|
$ 50,590,794
|
|
32
|
DEATH AT A FUNERAL
|
English
|
$ 48,977,233
|
|
33
|
THE SWITCH
|
English
|
$ 48,322,702
|
|
34
|
LE PETITS MOUCHOIRS (LITTLE WHITE LIES)
|
French
|
$ 47,312,277
|
|
35
|
POCKET MONSTERS DIAMOND AND PEARL THE MOVIE: PHANTOM RULER: ZOROARK
|
Japanese
|
$ 46,497,001
|
|
36
|
THE SPY NEXT DOOR
|
English
|
$ 44,117,662
|
|
37
|
NINE
|
English
|
$ 43,865,872
|
|
38
|
SAMMY'S ADVENTURES: THE SECRET PASSAGE
|
English
|
$ 43,810,300
|
|
39
|
KOKUHAKU (CONFESSIONS)
|
Japanese
|
$ 43,505,566
|
|
40
|
MACHETE
|
English
|
$ 42,813,650
|
|
41
|
SP: THE MOTION PICTURE
|
Japanese
|
$ 42,154,480
|
|
42
|
ALPHA AND OMEGA
|
English
|
$ 42,131,174
|
|
43
|
BENVENUTI AL SUD
|
Italian
|
$ 41,483,723
|
|
44
|
NODAME CANTABILE THE MOVIE 2
|
Japanese
|
$ 39,756,729
|
|
45
|
FOR COLORED GIRLS
|
English
|
$ 37,724,730
|
|
46
|
L’ARNACOEUR (HEARTBREAKER)
|
French
|
$ 37,667,759
|
|
47
|
BROOKLYN'S FINEST
|
English
|
$ 37,563,547
|
|
48
|
SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO
|
Japanese
|
$ 37,109,671
|
|
49
|
DETECTIVE CONAN: THE RAVEN CHASER
|
Japanese
|
$ 36,996,205
|
|
50
|
THE NEXT THREE DAYS
|
English
|
$ 36,436,774
|