Kangaroo leaps into the Uk top 12 spot on opening weekend in UK

StudioCanal’s Australian feature Kangaroo has opened in the UK market, reaching the top 12 in its opening weekend.

The family centric film is the debut local production from StudioCanal’s Cultivator Films and produced in partnership with Bunya Productions and Brindle Films. Stage23 worked as the official VFX partner on Kangaroo with Stage23 co-founder Jonathan Hairman serving as VFX Supervisor.

The UK launch to over 600 screen nationwide on January 30 was complemented by launches in the Latvian and Lithuanian markets with CIS and Ukraine following in February, the Netherlands in March and France and Belgium in European Summer.

StudioCanal and Northern Territory Tourism brought a little bit of the outback to Leicester Square in London and the Odean Point Square in Dublin in pre-launch screenings to over 500 media, celebrities, influencers at both events, with special guests the Acting High Commissioner of Australia ( in London) and the Australian Ambassador to Ireland introducing the film.

Meanwhile in Australia this week the film is up for nomination across eight award at the upcoming AACTA Awards.

The nominations include: Best Film David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin, Angela Littlejohn, Rachel Clements, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Cultivator Films Australia; Best Direction in Film for Kate Woods; Best Lead Actress in Film for newcomer Lily Whiteley; Best Lead Actor in Film for Ryan Corr; Best Supporting Actress for both Deborah Mailman and Brooke Satchwell; Best Casting for Anousha Zarkesh and Best Soundtrack for Jemma Burns. The AACTA awards will be held on February 4 & 6 on the Gold Coast as part of the week long AACTA Festival https://www.aactafestival.com/2026-program.

Kangaroo was made with the support of Screen Territory, Screen NSW Made in NSW Fund and Screen Australia.