Australians Don't Feel Too Keen About Australia

Australia isn’t feeling too hot about, well, Australia.

The outback epic opened to a steady $4.9 million in one of the Land Down Under’s widest releases, which isn’t anything to write home about but also isn’t anything to sneeze at either.

Despite Nicole Kidman‘s soundly derided performance, Fox is hoping that co-star and Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman will lure women into Australia’s seats.

Additionally, the studio is banking on Baz Luhrmann history repeating itself, with ticket sales picking up as word of mouth spreads, just as it did with Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet. Australia has actually already opened bigger in Oz than both of the director’s past endeavors.

We’ll see!