Last weekend the Finnish children’s franchise film Ricky Rapper and the Scrooge of Seville was the only domestic film in the Nordic region that challenged the US phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey at the top of the BO. The Swedish fantasy film The Circle opened at number 2 while Denmark’s Men & Chicken stayed strong at number 2.

In Denmark Anders Thomas Jensen’s comedy Men & Chicken released by Disney has sold 281,402 tickets after three weeks on national screens. The film had the second strongest admission per screen average (401) after UIP’s Fifty Shades of Grey (609) and is still playing wide on 117 screens.

The family film My Canadian Adventure-The Quest for the Lost Gold, seventh film in the ‘My Sister’s Kid’s series, stayed strong at number three in its third week for All Right Film. Total admissions so far are 267,478. Ole Christian Madsen’s biopic about 1960’s local rock star Eik Skaloe, Itsi Bitsi opened at number 5 for FC/SF, selling 13,965 tickets from 84 screens. Hella Joof’s comedy All Inclusive released by FC/SF locked in another 6,628 admissions in its ninth week on screens to reach 398,548. 

In Finland Ricky Rapper and the Scrooge of Sevillereleased by Disney has sold a remarkable 166,506 tickets in only two weeks. The fifth film based on the popular Ricky Rapper children’s books dropped only 14% from last week’s premiere. Johanna Vuoksenmaa’s comedy Adult Camp played at number eight and passed 100.000 admissions in its fifth week. The domestic premiere of the weekend, Markku Heikkinen’s documentary Men of Talvivaara Mine sold a total of 1,288 tickets. 

In Iceland the local documentary film The Coach (Óli Prik) about handball legend Árni Sveinsson has attracted 1,151 fans so far. The Sena release was number 17 in its third weekend. The Danish crime thriller The Absent One opened at number 9 for Sena, selling 438 tickets. 

In Sweden the anticipated youth fantasy movie The Circle produced by Abba co-founder Benny Andersson and his son Ludvig Andersson, was well received by the local press (4 stars out of 6 in leading newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet) and opened at number 2 after Fifty Shades of Grey. “Reviews are fantastic and we are pleased with the first days”, said Eric Broberg, head of Walt Disney Nordic. The film directed by Levan Akin sold 47,104 tickets from 205 screens.

Another Swedish film supported by rave reviews is playing strongly for Svensk Filmindustri: the documentary Filip & Fredrik presenterar Trevligt Folk directed by Karin af Klintberg and Anders Helgeson. The heart-warming story about Somali refugees in a small Swedish town who represented their nation at the 2014 Bandy World Championship, has sold nearly 70,000 tickets in its fifth week on release.

No Nordic film played at the Norwegian Top 20 last weekend. 

Sources: FAFID, FRISK, Filmikamari, Filmägarnas kontrollbyrå