07/07/2015 - During the first half of 2015, 13 Norwegian releases accounted for 3.8% of the best cinema attendance in the last five years

Staying Alive by Charlotte Blom was the number-one local title at the Norwegian box office for the first six months of the year

Although during the first six months of 2015 Norwegian cinemas recorded 5.1 million admissions – 1.2% up from last year and the best result in five years – the local market share fell to 3.8%, the lowest for years (the exact number is unclear because these statistics were not digitised until 2001). In 2014, Norwegian productions controlled 24.4% of the market.

US titles, sitting at numbers 1 to 3 on the charts with Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Fifty Shades of Grey, James Wan’s Furious Seven/Fast and Furious 7 and Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World, were the driving force behind the increased sales – there were no local features in the top ten.

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“However, Norwegian films will strike back in the second half of the year,” said Birgitte Langballe, head of communications at Norwegian cinema association Film & Kino. She added that there are strong expectations for the box-office performances of Roar Uthaug’s The Wave [+see also:
film review
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interview: Roar Uthaug
film profile], Arne Lindtner Næss’ Casper and Emma on Safari [+see also:
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film profile], Rasmus A Sivertsen and Rune Spaans’ Two Buddies and a Badger [+see also:
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film profile], Arild Fröhlich’s Doctor Proctor Bubble in the Bathtub [+see also:
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film profile], Thale Persen’s The Christmas King – In Full Armor [+see also:
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film profile], and Rasmus A Sivertsen’s Solan and Ludvig – From Here to Pinchcliff [+see also:
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interview: Rasmus A Sivertsen
film profile]. 

The 13 local features released in the first six months of the year were led by the following titles: 

Norwegian top five, 1 January – 30 June 2015
1. Staying Alive [+see also:
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interview: Charlotte Blom
film profile]. Director: Charlotte Blom; producer: Maipo Film. 82,182 admissions
2. Women in Oversized Men’s Shirts [+see also:
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interview: Yngvild Sve Flikke
film profile]. Director: Yngvild Sve Flikke. 12,472 admissions
3. Homesick [+see also:
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interview: Ine Marie Wilmann
film profile]. Director: Anne Sewitsky; producer: Maipo Film. 8,911 admissions
4. Drone [+see also:
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film profile]. Director: Tonje Hessen Schei; producer: Flimmer Film
5. Casper & Emma’s Wonderful Christmas [+see also:
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film profile]. Director: Arne Lindtner Næss; producer: Cinenord Kidstory. 6,570 admissions