Last weekend the Danish film The Day Will Come and Norwegian Pyromaniac entered the local charts at number 2 and 3 respectively, despite a crowded market dominated by Hollywood prequels and sequels, such as The Jungle Book.

In Denmark the Jesper W. Nielsen film The Day Will Come sold 48.112 tickets from 119 screens, averaging the best admission per screen (349), ahead of The Jungle Book (294).

A Conspiracy of Faith (from Zentropa as The Day Will Come ) continues its run. In eight weeks the film directed by Hans Petter Moland has cumulated 680.366 admissions and is likely to reach the levels of the first films based on the Department Q crime series The Keeper of Lost Causes (742.482 admissions) and The Absent One (769.092). 

Two new Nordic films hailed by the local press, achieved good results for their Danish theatrical bow. The Norwegian animated film Solan & Ludvig the Big Cheese Race (Nordisk Film) kicked off at number 9 with 5.027 admissions from 82 screens, while the Icelandic hit Rams (Scanbox) opened at number 13 and sold 1.913 tickets from 14 screens. Rams came in just above Lisa Ohlin’s Walk with Me (FC/FOX), watched by around 30.000 Danes after two weeks. 

In Finland two local films made it in the Top 10: the relationship movie The Gold Digger kept a strong hold on the market, loosing only 16% of its audience after five weeks on screens. The film by Ville Jankeri sold an extra 4.045 tickets for a fourth place, pushing admissions up to 74.231.

At number 10, the popular children’s franchise film Ricky Rapper and the Nighthawk is cruising and after 10 weeks 335.734 Finns have watched the Walt Disney release. 

In the documentary market Sweden’s Becoming Zlatan released by Cinema Mondo had a good kick off at number 10, selling 1.702 tickets from 32 screens.

The local Tale of a Lake by Marko Röhr and Kim Saarniluoto increased its take by 16% after 15 weeks on screens, playing at number 14. With 164,138 admissions, the film is now the all time feature documentary champion in Finland. “Nordisk Film’s Managing Director Katarina Nyman said: “The success of Tale of a Lake is quite extraordinary since last time a documentary film reached this many admissions in Finland was before VHS in the 1970s.”

In Iceland one Nordic film entered the Top 10 last weekend: the Swedish blockbuster A Man Called Ove that came in number 6. Total admissions so far are just shy of 6.000 after four weeks for the Sena release.

Also under the Sena banner, Óskar Jónasson’s drama comedy In Front of Others remained stable at number 14. Total admissions have passed 10.000 after 9 weeks.

In Norway Erik Skjoldbjærg’s psychological thriller Pyromaniac received rave reviews and opened at number 3 for Nordisk Film. 13.010 Norwegians watched the film booked in 92 screens.

The second Norwegian film in the Top 10, Grand Hotel by Arild Fröhlich also conquered local reviewers, but lost 25% of its screen time and half of its audience week on week. Total admissions after three weeks are just over 23.000.

In Sweden Grímur Hákonarson’s drama Rams stayed at number 10 in its third week. Thanks to an extra 16 screens that brought the total print run to 37, the film distributed by Scanbox increased its audience by 5% to reach 11.577. 

Meanwhile A Man Called Ove continues to climb to new heights after 18 weeks on screens. The Hannes Holm film has now passed 1.700.000 admissions, making it the third biggest Swedish film of all time after the Lasse Åberg comedy from 1980 Sällskapresan (over 2 million admissions) and Tage Danielsson comedy from 1965 Att angöra en brygga (1.95 million). 

(Sources: FAFID, DFI, FRÍSK, Filmikamari, Finnish Film Foundation, Norske Filmbyråers Forening, Filmweb.no, Filmägarnas Kontrollbyrå, Nordisk Film Distribution).