05/03/2003 - Domestic productions, The Wolf Summer and The Olsen Gang top the box office chart beating Chicago & Die Another Day

Ulvesommer (Wolf Summer) by first-time director, Peder Nordlung topped the Norwegian box office chart with 23,464 admissions during its first weekend on general release (28 Feb-2 March), beating fellow new-entry and major Hollywood musical (13 Oscar nominations) Chicago (21,088 admissions).
Nordlund, a graduate of the Danish Film School, directed a number of award-winning shorts and commercials before writing and directing this tale about a singular friendship between a twelve-year-old girl called Kim and a wolf.
Released domestically by Columbia TriStar, Wolf Summer was produced by Nordisk Film AS with Nordisk Film Production Denmark as co-producer.
Another Nordisk Film/Columbia TS release continues to do good box office business:The Olsen Gang Jr Under Water (Olsenbanden Jr.går under vann) which scored 23.134 admissions last weekend, coming second in the weekend top ten ahead of US blockbusters like Die Another Day and Jungle Book 2. Currently in its fifth week on general release, The Olsen Gang has sold a to-date total of 236.751 tickets. Two other Norwegian films made it into last weekend’s top ten chart: Pål Øie’s thriller Villmark (5th with a total of 41.016 admissions) and Jens Lien’s Jonny Vang (9th and 43.568 admissions) which was selected for Panorama at this year’s Berlinale.

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