IN 2014 local films remained stable in Denmark and Sweden whereas Icelandic films at home climbed to a level not seen since 1995. In all three Nordic territories a local film took the top of the charts: The Absent One in Denmark, Life in a Fishbowl in Iceland and The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared in Sweden.
Denmark: 27% market share for local fare
For the fourth year in a row, Danish films sold more than three million tickets and enjoyed a ‘stable and high’level of admissions according to the Danish Film Institute CEO Henrik Bo Nielsen. Danish films’market share reached 27% and as many as five local titles, catering for different audiences, found a place at the Top 10 next to US blockbusters.
Two local sequels dominated the Top 10. The second film in the Department Q series The Absent One stormed at number one with 764,002 admissions (768,233 in total) while the comedy The Reunion 2 the Funeral (follow-up to the 2011 hit) came in at number two. Another three Danish films exceeded 200,000 admissions: the franchise film Father of Four (287.324) the dramas Speed Walking (250.681) and Silent Heart (236.818).
The most successful Danish documentaries were two titles produced by Danish Documentary: The Newsroom-Off the Record and Good Things Await that sold respectively 12.356 and 11.309 tickets.
Two Swedish films were the top grossing Nordic films of 2014: Waltz for Monica directed by the Dane Per Fly (159.932 admissions) and The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (80.409 admissions).
Total admissions slid from 13.5 million in 2013 to 12.3 million in 2014.
The data here above is based on preliminary figures from FAFID, still not confirmed by Danmarks Statistik.
TOP TEN DANISH FILMS 2014 (source FAFID )
|
FILMS |
ADMISSIONS |
DISTRIBUTORS |
|
The Absent One/Fasandræberne/ |
764,002 |
Nordisk Film |
|
The Reunion 2 - The Funeral/ |
604,561 |
Nordisk Film |
|
Father of Four/Far til fire - Onkel Sofus vender tillage |
287,324 |
Nordisk Film |
|
Speed Walking/Kapgang |
250,681 |
Nordisk Film |
|
Silent Heart/Stille hjerte |
236,818 |
FC/SF Film |
|
Crumbs - All at Stake/Krummerne - alt påspil |
225,399 |
UIP |
|
Someone you love/En du elsker |
167,237 |
Nordisk Film |
|
Familien Jul/Familien Jul |
159,017 |
Angel Films |
|
The Cartel/Kartellet |
127,407 |
Nordisk Film |
|
All Inclusive/All Inclusive |
104,635 |
FC/SF Film |
The most successful Nordic non-national film was The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared with 17,042 admissions and ISK 18,307,800 gross revenues.
TOP 10 FILMS IN ICELAND 2014 (source FRISK)
|
FILMS |
BOX OFFICE |
ADMISSIONS |
DISTRIBUTORS |
|
Life in a Fishbowl |
69,677,709 kr |
47.982 |
Sena |
|
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies⃰ |
50,757,536kr |
40.345 |
Myndform |
|
Guardians of the Galaxy |
49,336,045kr |
40.948 |
Samfilm |
|
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
41,791,088kr |
37.944 |
Sena |
|
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
40,766,490kr |
32.162 |
Myndform |
|
The Biggest Rescue⃰ |
37,064,927kr |
32.623 |
Samfilm |
|
Interstellar⃰ |
36,804,751kr |
32.936 |
Samfilm |
|
Dumb and Dumber 2 |
34,945,080kr |
34.231 |
Myndform |
|
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1⃰ |
33,532,515kr |
29.919 |
Myndform |
|
The Lego Movie |
30.647.785kr |
34.197 |
Samfilm |
Sweden: 100 Year-Old Man Boosts Local Market Share
Preliminary figures from the Swedish Film Institute reveal that Swedish films remained stable in 2014 compared to 2013, selling a total of 4.1 million tickets, representing a 25.1% market share, against 24.8% in 2013. Total admissions dropped 2% to 16.3 million.
The comedy The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared was by far the biggest selling title of 2014 with over 1.1 million admissions, ahead of The Hobbit -The Battle of Five Armies (729,143). Released in December 2013, Felix Herngren’s take on Jonas Jonasson’s best-selling novel totalled 1,585,042 admissions, making it the sixth most successful Swedish film since 1963/64.
Two other Swedish films found a spot in the 2014 Top 10 admissions: the children’s animated film Bamse and the City of Thieves (312,952), and the final film in the ‘Sune’trilogy The Anderssons Rock the Mountain (308,312) released last Christmas. As the second instalment was released in December 2013 and continued to play strongly throughout 2014, the second and third film in the comedy series produced by Eyeworks Sweden were both in the 2014 Swedish Top 10.
The documentary A Thousand Pieces (Tusen bitar) about legendary singer/songwriter Björn Afzelius was the most popular Swedish doc of the year with 127,000 admissions. This makes it the third most successful Swedish documentary since 2000, after Palme (around 243,000 admissions) and Searching for Sugar Man (around 148,000 admissions).
Six out of ten of the most popular Swedish films of the year were adaptations of best-selling novels.
The most successful Nordic non-national film was the Finnish/Swedish co-production The Raspberry Boat Refugee about a Swede trapped in a Finnish body that attracted over 100,000 people.
TOP 10 SWEDISH FILMS 2014-(Source Swedish Film Institute)
|
FILMS |
ADMISSIONS |
DISTRIBUTORS |
|
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared/ |
1,143,578 |
Walt Disney Nordic |
|
Bamse and the City of Thieves/Bamse och tjuvstaden |
321,664 |
Nordisk Film |
|
The Anderssons Rock the Mountain/Sune i fjällen⃰ |
308,312 |
Nordisk Film |
|
The Anderssons Hit the Road/Sune påbilsemester |
274,420 |
Nordisk Film |
|
Jerry Maya’s Detective Agency 2-Shadows of Valleby/ |
271,174 |
SF Film |
|
Medicine/Medicinen |
208,166 |
SF Film |
|
The Boy With the Golden Pants/Pojken med guldbyxorna |
199,136 |
Nordisk Film |
|
Micke & Veronica⃰ |
170,114 |
SF Film |
|
Force Majeure/Turist |
144,301 |
TriArt |
|
The Wizard’s Daughter/Tjuvarnas Jul-Trollkarlens dotter |
136,553 |
Nordisk Film |