05/03/2015 - Three Brothers by the father-son Svěrák duo became the most-visited film in the Czech Republic in 2014

Three Brothers by Jan Svěrák

Domestic audiences decided that the most popular Czech film of 2014 was the musical fairy tale Three Brothers [+see also:
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Spots two to five were occupied by US productions such as How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Wolf of Wall Street, while the sixth and seventh places in the top-20 admissions chart belonged to Zdeněk Troška’s second instalment in his village-comedy series, Babovřesky 2, which was seen by 245,594 visitors, and the nostalgic coming-of-age comedy Tender Waves [+see also:
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Czech theatres are currently being dominated by Fifty Shades of Grey, which set a new record for the best opening weekend thanks to its 254,385 admissions (it has taken a total of 464,135 so far), and in this regard, it has taken over the number-one spot from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 [+see also:
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