Heartwarming drama Tinā hits $5m at box office, cements position in NZ film history

Drama film Tinā is now one of the most successful New Zealand films. In its seven weeks of release the film passed the $5 million mark at the box office. So far, the film has had 321,952 ticket sales.

Local feature Tinā is officially one of the most successful New Zealand films of all time. The New Zealand Film Commission announced today the heartwarming drama, now in its seventh week of screening in Aotearoa, has made $5,030,777 at the box office to date, off the back of 321,952 tickets sold. That positions the movie as the sixth most successful Kiwi film domestically, sitting in between 2006’s Sione’s Wedding ( $4,075,000) and 2003’s Whale Rider ( $6,496,371).



Taika Waititi’s 2016 comedy drama Hunt For the Wilderpeople is in the top spot, having made $12,207,699 at the local box office..