25/01/2008

Last weekend, Scandinavian audiences continued to pour into cinemas to see Arn: The Knight Templar [+see also:
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The Kautokeino Rebellion opened first in the top ten with over 42,000 admissions from 48 screens in three days. Local critics hailed Gaup’s return to a Sami subject matter, 20 years after the Oscar nominated Pathfinder. Another Norwegian film continues to perform, the small budget chiller Backwoods (Euforia Distribution), which has sold 50,000 tickets in two weeks.

New openers this Friday include The Kite Runner (Sandrew Metronome) and Hallam Foe [+see also:
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In Sweden, Arn continues its steady growth towards SF’s one million admissions target, with 856,000 registered last weekend from 168 screens. The film stayed at number two, squeezed between National Treasure 2 and Bee Movie.

Anton Corbijn’s UK film Control [+see also:
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In Denmark, Susanne Bier’s Hollywood debut Things We Lost in the Fire released by UIP was number one, ahead of Arn the crusader (70,000 admissions for SF from 41 screens). The local animated film Amazon Jack 3: Jungo Goes Bananas is getting closer to the 100,000 admissions for Nordisk, and was the only Danish film at the top ten last weekend.

Camera Film had one of the best screen averages with Spanish thriller The Orphanage [+see also:
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In Finland, the local quartet in the top four positions hasn’t moved. Dome Karukoski’s Home for the Butterflies playing on 41 screens for Nordisk, has garnered nearly 43,000 admissions in only two weeks. Lauri Nurkse’s romantic comedy Playing Solo [+see also:
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Åke Lindman and Sakari Kirjavainen´s war film Tali-Ihantala 1944 [+see also:
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In Iceland, Baltasar Kormákur’s White Night Wedding [+see also:
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