Robert Connolly?s new Australian film, THREE DOLLARS enjoyed the highest screen average of any film in the county over the ANZAC Day long weekend.

Playing on 15 screens, with a total box office of $227,747, the film?s screen average of $15,183 was higher than any other title on Australian screens.

Producer, John Maynard was elated with the results, "despite the fine weather and strong competition THREE DOLLARS has been embraced whole heartedly. It looks like THREE DOLLARS has finally broken the back of the 'product drought' in the quality market.?

Exhibitors reported many sold out sessions.

Paul Dravet from the Hayden Orpheum in Cremorne said, ?We opened five quality new films on the weekend and THREE DOLLARS was number one. I can?t even remember the last time an Australian film was our top film, let alone amongst such strong company.?

Mark Sarfarty, Head of Dendy Cinemas said ?It was literally ?turn away? business. We had queues and sell outs at cinemas around the country all weekend. I can?t think of any other Australian film in recent years that has generated such an incredible level of excitement amongst cinema goers.?

Based on Elliot Perlman?s bestselling novel and starring David Wenham, Frances O?Connor and Sarah Wynter, THREE DOLLARS is now showing at selected cinemas and will widen its release in the coming weeks.

Best described as the epic story of an ordinary man, THREE DOLLARS is the comedic and ironic tale of the honest and compassionate Eddie (Wenham) who at the age of 38 finds himself with a wife (O?Connor), a child, a childhood love (Wynter) and three dollars.

Eddie and Tanya fell in love over a turntable spinning Joy Division. They survived their twenties ? and the eighties ? and now Eddie is 38, with a wife, a child, a mortgage and three dollars to his name?

THREE DOLLARS is the story of a good man in bad times and his resilience in the face of circumstances that could break him. As Eddie discovers, it?s amazing how far a little change will get you.

Robert Connolly, the director of the new Australian film, THREE DOLLARS is detailing his experiences online at www.threedollars.net.