Thursday cinema week
Booking grids, play weeks and holdovers run Thursday to Wednesday.
Australia
Film distribution in Australia, with GST built in
DISTmio runs Australian bookings on a Thursday cinema week, settles net of the 10% GST on tickets and writes your rent invoices with 10% GST in MYOB Business, Xero or QuickBooks.
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Local rules
What an Australian distributor needs
10% GST on tickets and rent
Australian cinemas start with 10% GST on tickets and your rent invoices with 10%.
Peppol e-invoicing
Rent invoices can travel over the Peppol network.
Australian dollar statements
Cinema statements and rent invoices run in Australian dollars, with conversion for foreign-currency deals.
Australian settlement
From box office to tax invoice
DISTmio removes the 10% GST, applies your share, guarantee or flat fee for each cinema week and turns approved settlements into rent invoices.
- Weekly shares, guarantees and flat fees
- GST removed from ticket sales
- Rent invoices in Australian dollars
- Gross box office
- Less 10% GST
- Net box office
- Rental share
- Guarantee or flat fee
- Rent invoice, 10% GST
Invoicing and accounting
MYOB Business, Xero or QuickBooks
Issue rent invoices in the accounting program you already use and keep statements, invoices and payments in one place.
- MYOB Business and Xero
- QuickBooks for invoicing too
- Peppol e-invoices
GST
Invoice DM/2025/042
- Payer
- Cinema example
- Film
- The Northern Lights
- Rent
- A$9,440
- GST
- A$944
- Due date
- 16 Apr
- Status
- Sent
Online payment link
MYOB Business
Xero
Peppol
Cinema week
Play weeks from Thursday to Wednesday
The booking grid, play weeks and the Monday holdover board follow the Thursday week, and a holdover decision extends the booking and orders new KDMs together.
- Booking grid by Thursday weeks
- Monday holdover board with the national average
- One-click extension with new KDMs
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
Questions
Australia: common questions
Is GST taken off the box office?
Yes, settlements remove the 10% GST from ticket sales before your share is applied.
Which accounting programs work in Australia?
MYOB Business, Xero and QuickBooks connect directly.
Australia
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We set up a demo with your films, your cinemas and a Thursday cinema week.
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