Australian cinemas to run Boxing Day blockbusters a day early

NEED to escape the rellies? You're in luck as select cinemas will open Christmas Day afternoon and show the Boxing Day blockbusters a day early.

MOVIE lovers will find an extra present under their tree on Christmas Day - the big Boxing Day blockbusters, a day early.

Select cinemas around the nation will open on Christmas afternoon, showing new films that technically don't "open" until December 26.

These include Ben Stiller's fantastical adventure The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Disney animation Frozen, the Judi Dench drama/comedy Philomena and Australian-made WWII drama The Railway Man, starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth.

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News_Rich_Media: Actor and director Ben Stiller and his "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" co-star Kristen Wiig discuss the making of the film based on James Thurber's famous short story, and what it was like working together. Photo: Wilson Webb/20th Century Fox.

In fact, all Boxing Day releases except The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be on show Christmas Day, along with movie hits already in season such as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, American Hustle, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and The Gilded Cage.

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CINEMAS OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY

VICTORIA

Village

From 2pm - Sunshine, Knox, Southland, Jam Factory, Fountain Gate, Century City, Crown, Doncaster

Hoyts

From 3pm - Chadstone, Highpoint, Northland

Cinema Nova

From 4pm (also showing new indie films Short Term 12 and Drinking Buddies)

Palace

From 2pm - Balwyn, Brighton Bay, Como, Kino, Westgarth, Dendy Brighton

News_Image_File: Getting intimate ... Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in The Railway Man. Picture: Transmission Films

NSW

Event

From 4pm - George St, Macquarie, Burwood, Bondi Junction, Liverpool

Hoyts

From 3pm - Bankstown, Broadway, Chatswood Westfield, Eastgardens, Penrith, Entertainment Quarter, Blacktown, Wetherill Park, Warringah Mall

Palace

From 2pm - Norton St, Verona

News_Image_File: Nominated for a Golden Globe ... From left, Anna, voiced by Kristen Bell, Olaf, voiced by Josh Gad, and Kristoff, voiced by Jonathan Groff, in a scene from the animated film Frozen. (AP Photo/Disney)

QLD

Event

From 4pm - Chermside, Garden City

Hoyts

From 3pm - Stafford

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