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Letters to Santa 3 tops Polish box office figures for 2017

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- The third instalment of the Christmas comedy has already racked up over 2.7 million admissions in Poland, and is being distributed in over 10 European countries

Letters to Santa 3 tops Polish box office figures for 2017
Letters to Santa 3 by Tomasz Konecki

Letters to Santa 3 [+see also:
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, directed by Tomasz Konecki, was released domestically on 10 November, and after just four weeks in cinemas the film has already racked up over 2.7 million admissions.

The film was produced by TVN, the Polish commercial TV broadcaster that also co-produced Kasia Adamik’s Amok [+see also:
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, Maria Sadowska’sThe Art of Loving [+see also:
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, and Bodo Kox’s The Man with the Magic Box [+see also:
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.

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International distribution of the film is being handled by TVN Distribution in co-operation with other companies such as Norwegian outlet Uavhengig distribusjon and Phoenix Production LLC, which also released Botoxx [+see also:
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, Planet Single
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and The Art of Loving, all of which were huge commercial successes in Poland.

Letters to Santa 3 has already been released in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Sweden, among others. The film opened in the UK during the last week of November at 253 cinemas, earning £397,738, which helped it land 9th place in the top 10 weekly box-office figures.

The Letters to Santa franchise is a multi-character dramedy set a few weeks before Christmas. The ensemble cast includes some of Poland’s most popular actors, such as Tomasz Karolak (Letters to Santa trilogy), Piotr Adamczyk (I Am a Killer [+see also:
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, Letters to Santa
trilogy), Agnieszka Dygant (Pitbull. New Orders [+see also:
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, Botoxx
) and Borys Szyc (Spoor [+see also:
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, The Art of Loving
), among others. 

Letters to Santa was originally released in 2011, and the first film, directed by Mitja Okorn (Planet Single), topped annual box-office figures with 2.5 million admissions. The sequel, released in 2016 and directed by Maciej Dejczer, was also the most popular film of the year in Poland with nearly 3 million admissions.

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