Norwegian/French filmgoers fall for The Worst Person in the World

Three months after its successful launch at the Cannes Film Festival where Renate Reinsve was bestowed with a Best Actress award, The Worst Person in the World has screened in 16 international festivals and hit national audiences in France October 13 and in Norway October 15.

In France where Joachim Trier has a strong following among auteur lovers, the film opened at number 5, and after five days the national admissions - including previews - have reached 53,205.

Carried by rave reviews across the board in the French press, the film had the third best per screen average after James Bond’s No Time to Die and the mega big French opener Eiffel. According to distribution outfit Memento, The Worst Person… is expected to climb to over 300,000 ticket sales, which would put it ahead of Trier’s Oslo, August 31^st, which ended up with 180,000 admissions in France.

In Norway, the film entered the top 10 at number 2 after No Time to Die and ahead of the 3D animation Peter Rabbit 2-The Runaway, all three under SF Norge’s banner.

Trier’s modern romcom posted 32,335 admissions from 141 screens in its opening weekend, ahead of the director’s Oslo, August 31^st first three days’ 9,892 in 2011.

“These are wonderful numbers and even better than we had imagined! People want to go to the cinema, and watch quality films. This are good news for everyone, not least Norwegian films. We are all the more pleased with the film’s brilliant opening in France,” said producer Thomas Robsahm.

The Worst Person in the World is among three Norwegian contenders shortlisted for the Academy Awards-Best International Film category, together with Yngvild Sve Flikkes’ Ninjababy and Eirik Svensson’s Betrayed. The final candidate will be announced October 25.

Trier will give a masterclass November 12 at the Stockholm International Film Festival where he will accept the Stockholm Visionary Award. The film opens nationwide in Sweden November 19.

The Worst Person in the World was produced by Oslo Pictures, in co-production with France’s MK2, Denmark’s Snowglobe and Sweden’s B-Reel Films, with support among others from Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

Read our interviews with Joachim Trier and actors Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie - CLICK HERE. ​