Queensland named as number one Australian state for screen production

Screen Australia’s annual drama report has revealed that Queensland was the number one state for screen production in 2024–25, achieving a record $925 million in local expenditure.

Through a steady pipeline of high budget productions including Warner Bros' Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, Disney's Voltron and season two of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters for Legendary, Queensland’s screen sector captured 34 per cent of the market in the last financial year, representing an increase of 32 per cent on the 2022–23 record of $700 million.

The largest growth area was from international features with Queensland expenditure more than tripling from the previous year through productions such as Amazon MGM's Balls Up, Runner starring Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson, and Spa Weekend for Black Bear Pictures.

Minister for the Arts John Paul-Langbroek said that Queensland’s $925 million screen production boom provided employment for more than 5,000 local cast, crew and creatives every year and supported small businesses across a range of industries.

Jacqui Feeney, Screen Queensland CEO cited repeat work from the likes of Amazon MGM Studios and Legendary Pictures, alongside a strong slate of local projects and international co-productions with global appeal, such as Allen, Black Snow, Dangerous Animals, and more.

“Our post-production sector continues to secure both end-to-end local productions and attracted projects that are keen to take advantage of our outstanding sound, picture, music and visual FX capabilities—a key element of the screen ecosystem that we are committed to building through initiatives such as our $5 million Capital Grants Program,” she said in a statement.

Productions recently filmed in Queensland, Australia include Boxing Day comedy Anaconda, starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, Taika Waititi's Fing, and Mortal Kombat 2.