He further noted retail sales of about 2.6 million units of stock across its 25 outlets generating $17 million in revenue. "We're coming on strong in the Asian markets", he said, "including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand". Park general manager Mark Germyn attributed attendance growth in part to success with the international market: about 25% of the park's visitors were from overseas, and half of these were from Japan. Nationwide theme park attendance grew 12% from 1992 to 1993 and Movie World recorded 1.3 million visitors during the financial year. "So long as the themes are different, parks like this can ad infinitum", he said. John Menzies, CEO of Warner Village Theme Parks, said that attendance at Sea World and local competitor Dreamworld was consistent with prior years. Photo: Mohd Fazlin Mohd Effendy Ooi / CC BY 2.0 / en.ĭuring its first year of operation, Movie World received 1.2 million visitors, exceeding its conservative target of one million. in Australia, bought out DEL entirely in 1988 and opened Warner Roadshow Studios (now Village Roadshow Studios) in July. Village Roadshow, who had an established partnership with Warner Bros. Production on Total Recall halted and AU$3.4 million worth of studio sets were dismantled. The studio was to produce the action film Total Recall, but after their finances were jeopardised by several box office bombs (such as Million Dollar Mystery), De Laurentiis left the failing DEL in December 1987. With De Laurentiis Entertainment Limited (DEL), he commissioned and constructed a film studio in Oxenford, near Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Italian-American film producer Dino De Laurentiis visited the country in 1986 he had worked with Australian film alumni in recent years and noted industry buzz over the film Crocodile Dundee. Hollywood interest in the Australian film industry grew rapidly during the 1980s.
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