Editing Gold Coast, Queensland (section)

===Film production===
{{see also|List of films shot on the Gold Coast}}
The Gold Coast is the major film production hub in Queensland and has accounted for 75%<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Industry on the Gold Coast|url=http://www.shreevella.com/blog/film-industry-on-the-gold-coast|access-date=30 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204221801/http://www.shreevella.com/blog/film-industry-on-the-gold-coast|archive-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> of all film production in Queensland since the 1990s, with an expenditure of around $150&nbsp;million per year. The Gold Coast is the third largest film production centre in Australia, behind Sydney and Melbourne.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}[[File:Grand Entrance - Warner Bros. Movie World.jpg|left|thumb|[[Warner Bros. Movie World]]]]It is the filming site for major motion pictures including ''[[Muriel's Wedding]]'' (1994), ''[[Ghost Ship (2002 film)|Ghost Ship]]'' (2002), ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'' (2002), ''[[House of Wax (2005 film)|House of Wax]]'' (2005), ''[[Superman Returns]]'' (2006), ''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]'' (2014), ''[[The Inbetweeners 2]]'' (2014), ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]'' (2015), ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales]]'' (2017), ''[[Kong: Skull Island]]'' (2017), ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'' (2017), ''[[Pacific Rim: Uprising]]'' (2018), ''[[Aquaman (film)|Aquaman]]'' (2018), ''[[Dora the Explorer (film)|Dora the Explorer]]'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/we-did-it-dora-the-explorer-puts-queensland-on-her-map-20180318-p4z4x5.html|title=We did it! Dora the explorer puts Queensland on her map|last=Condren|first=Bernadette|date=18 March 2018|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319013909/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/we-did-it-dora-the-explorer-puts-queensland-on-her-map-20180318-p4z4x5.html|archive-date=19 March 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/gold-coast-lures-hollywood-productions/news-story/b2c93108dfdd5855f4ff36a283b639f4|title=Gold Coast lures Godzilla and King Kong|work=NewsComAu|access-date=2018-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008005131/https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/gold-coast-lures-hollywood-productions/news-story/b2c93108dfdd5855f4ff36a283b639f4|archive-date=8 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Village Roadshow Studios]] are adjacent to the Warner Bros Movie World Theme Park at [[Oxenford, Queensland|Oxenford]]. The Studios consists of eight sound stages, production offices, editing rooms, wardrobe, construction workshops, water tanks and commissary. These sound stages vary in size and have an overall floor area of 10,844 sq metres, making Warner Roadshow Studio one of the largest studio lots in the Southern Hemisphere. The Queensland Government actively supports the film and television production industry in Queensland and provides both non-financial and financial assistance through the Pacific Film and Television Commission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pftc.com.au |title=Pacific Film and Television Commission |publisher=Pacific Film and Television Commission |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626093105/http://www.pftc.com.au/ |archive-date=26 June 2010  }}</ref>