31/08/2007

Great start of the cinema season for local titles in the Nordic region. Denmark has 3 titles at Nº2, Nº 4 and Nº10 at the local chart, Iceland has two titles in the Top 10, including Astropia as the biggest hit of the week, Norway has 5 Lies (5 Løgner) at Nº7 and Goodbye Bafana [+see also:
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In Denmark, OleBornedal is filling the screens with two thrillers in the Top 11. The new opener Just Another Love Story [+see also:
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film profile] (Kærlighed på film) targeting adults took the second place at the box office last weekend from 70 prints, just after The Bourne Ultimatum, and has now been seen by over 36,000 people. “The admission figures are right on target” said Sune L. Thomsen, Film and Distribution manager at SF Film Denmark (see news). Bornedal’s The Substitute [+see also:
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Martin Barnewitz’s horror film Room 205 [+see also:
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film profile] (Kollegiet) is stable at Nº4 and 52,321 admissions in three weeks for Nordisk. The animated film A Tale of two Mozzies (Cykelmyggen og dansemyggen) also on Nordisk’s line-up has passed the 105,802 admissions in 12 weeks. Two European films are opening today in Denmark: the Norwegian hit Reprise [+see also:
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interview: Joachim Trier
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In Iceland, Dorks & Damsels (Astrópía) by newcomer Gunnar B. Gudmundsson took the top position at the local box office in its first week with 11,000 admissions in five days from 6 prints. “Now that the film has opened well in Iceland, we are going to start looking more actively for an international sales agent”, said producer Julius Kemp (Kisi Production).

In Norway, 5 Lies (5 Løgner) by Norwegian newcomer Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen has kept its Number 7 position in its second week, totalling 10,244 admissions from 27 prints for Scanbox. Bille August’s Goodbye Bafana opened slowly for Sandrew Metronome with 2210 admissions. New European titles opening today include Claude Berri’s Ensemble c’est tout [+see also:
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In Sweden, the feel good movie Wonderful and Loved by All by Hannes Holm opened strongly for the Nº1 position at the local chart. “Last weekend was one of the hottest in years, but the film still attracted 25,000 people over the first three days and 45,000 in six days”, said producer Patrick Ryborg. BVI is releasing the comedy with 75 prints. The UK critically-acclaimed This is England is in 7th position for Non-Stop Entertainment, The Swedish teenage movie Ciao Bella on Sandrew Metronome’s line-up is Nº9 and the Nordisk Film thriller Irene Huss-Tatuerad Torso Nº10.

Finland has two European films opening today: Sam Garbarski’s Irina Palm [+see also:
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interview: Sam Garbarski
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