warner bros movie world gold coast construction cost

There were more than 80,000 visitors in June, 120,000 in July, 90,000 in August and 115,000 in September. Naturally, he is bullish about Movie World's prospects, estimating a gate for the first year of more than the predicted 1.2-1.3 million. He says: 'I was very interested in building another theme park on the Gold Coast we could have put another $20 million into Sea World, but I felt it was far better to invest in another theme park, to fill both car parks every two days.'

Movie World's chief executive, John Menzies, who worked at Sea World until two years ago, had wanted to build a movie theme park for some years. Warner Bros' equal partners in the $120-million investment, which opened in June, are Australia's Village Roadshow and the Sea World Property Trust, which owns the 20-year-old Sea World, the first theme park on the Gold Coast and one of the earliest built in Australia. Its backers have gambled that there is scope for a third park to prosper alongside the established ones, Sea World and Dreamworld. Warner Bros Movie World on Queensland's Gold Coast is Australia's most ambitious theme park yet.

Warner bros movie world gold coast construction cost