Backed by strong reviews in the Danish press, Waltz for Monica was released in Denmark in 103 cinemas by FC/SF and sold over 30,000 tickets. The film beat the previous Swedish record opener in Denmark The 100 year-old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared.
Three Danish titles also found a spot in last weekend’s Danish Top Ten. The comedy The Reunion 2-The Funeral came third and sold an extra 12,815 tickets to reach 570,223 total admissions for Nordisk Film after seven weeks. Charlotte Sachs Bostrup’s first feature for adults The Cartel came in at number six. Total admissions after four weeks are 107,558 for the Nordisk Film release. In its third week Søren Balle’s feature debut The Sunfish was number nine for FC/SF with 23,000 total admissions.
In Norway Arild Fröhlich’s adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s children’s book Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder hardly lost any audience from the previous weekend that was the seventh best opening weekend for a Norwegian film. With 582 average admissions per screen (148), the Nordisk Film release has ample room to stay on top of the charts. Total admissions are at nearly 230,000 making it the second biggest film of 2014 after Frost.
In Sweden 20th Century Fox’s quality European production The Grand Budapest Hotel has shown its great cross over potential and opened strongly at number one. The first Scandi film in the Top Ten, Tarik Saleh’s crime movie Tommy released by SF came in at number seven in its second weekend. Total admissions from 102 screens are at 23,177. Meanwhile The 100 Year Old Man that Climbed out the Window and Disappeared is cruising in its 14th week, playing at number 8 for a total admission count of 1,537,017.
The Swedish comedy is also playing strongly in Iceland where it climbed one spot from number four to three in the local Top Ten after five weeks. The Samfilm release has sold over 14,600 tickets, as many as the local hit Of Horses and Men, still playing at number 20 after 30 weeks. The Norwegian horror spoof Dead Man 2 (partly shot in Iceland) opened at number 10 for Sena.
In Finland, SF Film/Fox’s Mr Peabody & Sherman from Dreamworks Animation took the top of the charts in its third weekend. The first local film Kummeli V by mainstream director Aleksi Mäkelä was number four, selling another 9,392 tickets for a total count of 160,474 after five weeks for Nordisk Film. Another franchise movie, Ricky Rapper and Slick Leonard is safely adding numbers after seven weeks, confirming the brand’s perennial attraction. Over 241,000 Finns have watched the Timo Koivusalo film under Disney’s banner.
Sources: FAFID, SMAIS, Filmikamari, Norkse Filmbyråers Forening, Filmägarnas Kontrollbyrå, Filmweb, SF Film.