Mad Max: Fury Road has sped past Baz Luhrmann's Australia to become the second-highest grossing Australian film at the international box office.

Weekend figures show that George Miller's movie has taken $US300 million (approximately AU$400 million). Crocodile Dundee — which was released in 1986 and has global box office of $US328 million, not adjusted for inflation — is in its sights.

Tom Hardy in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road.

Fury Road's best international performance outside the US has been in South Korea, where it has taken $US23.5 million so far. The film opens in Japan on June 20, where it is expected to do well. It does not yet have a release date scheduled for China, where box office expectations are likely to be high too..