Warner Bros. Movie World Visitor Numbers & Statistics

At a Glance

• Around 1.4 million visitors a year on average up to 2016, the latest figure for the park on its own¹.
• More than 2 million visitors in 2012–13, a first for the park².
• Third of the Gold Coast's six major theme parks by visitors in 2006–07, behind Dreamworld and Sea World³.
• Opened on 3 June 1991 and owned by Village Roadshow Theme Parks¹.
• Single-day tickets from $99 at October 2026 prices⁴.
• Newest area: the Wizard of Oz precinct, opened in December 2024¹.

Around 1.4 million people a year visited Warner Bros. Movie World on average up to 2016¹, the most recent yearly figure published for the park on its own.

• Visits over the 2022–23 summer holidays were 26.0% higher than the summer before, one of the three biggest rises among Gold Coast attractions⁵. Near based the estimate on mobile location data rather than ticket sales, so it does not give a visitor count.
• Movie World recorded more than 2 million visitors for the first time in the 2012–13 financial year, up 17.5% on the year before².
• 1,323,542 people visited in the 2006–07 financial year, up 5.8% on the year before⁶, the third-highest of the Gold Coast's six major theme parks behind Dreamworld and Sea World³.
• The park drew 1.2 million visitors in its first year after opening in 1991, beating its target of one million¹.

Village Roadshow, which owns the park, now reports guest numbers only for all its parks combined, and the most recent total is in the next section. Its Gold Coast parks drew 4.51 million visitors in 2018–19, slightly down on the year before⁷.

Latest available for Movie World on its own: 2016. Village Roadshow has not published yearly results since it was delisted from the ASX in December 2020¹.

Warner Bros. Movie World opened on 3 June 1991¹. Village Roadshow developed it in a joint venture with Warner Bros. and Pivot Leisure, with a layout by American designer C. V. Wood.

• It is owned and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks¹, which also runs nearby Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast.
• Village Roadshow was bought by BGH Capital in a $568 million takeover and left the ASX in December 2020¹.
• It is the oldest Warner Bros. theme park in the world. The others are in Madrid and Abu Dhabi¹.

• Movie World says visitors can fit many of its major rollercoasters, attractions and shows into one full day¹⁴.
• Opening hours change with the season. In late 2026 the gates open at 10 am or 10:30 am and close at 4 pm or 5 pm, and the park is closed on Anzac Day and Christmas Day¹⁵.

There is no hotel at the park yet. Village Roadshow plans a 22-storey, 600-room hotel next to it at an expected cost of $333 million, and its preliminary council approval runs until 2027¹.

• BIG4 Gold Coast Holiday Park, at 66–86 Siganto Drive in nearby Helensvale¹⁶, has caravan and camping sites, cabins and safari tents, a waterpark with over 300 metres of slides, and dog-friendly options¹⁷.
• If you are travelling by road, campervan hire on the Gold Coast lets you stay at holiday parks close to the theme parks.