2021 was another annus horribilis for cinemagoing in the Nordics, due to on-going and strict Covid restrictions that halved admissions compared to pre-pandemic levels. Released late September/early…
2021 was another annus horribilis for cinemagoing in the Nordics, due to on-going and strict Covid restrictions that halved admissions compared to pre-pandemic levels.
The Danish film year opened and ended with closed cinemas, and faced a record 138 days of full cinema lockdown, according to the cinema association Danske biografer. At DKK 654,622,085 , total box office earnings off 6.8 million ticket sales were nearly half 2019’s trawl but stable compared to 2020, according to figures from the Danish Film Institute and distributors’ association FAFID.
“Checkered Ninja 2” proved another massive success for Nordisk Film, distributor of the Oscar winner “Another Round” and 2020 B.O. champion. For the second year, admissions and B.O. revenues plunged to more than half 2019’s, nosediving respectively 59% to 3.4 million and 54.65% to €43.5 million in 2021. Year on year, overall revenues remained stable but admissions were down 11.7% from 2020.
Also launched in September, “Dune” came second with 172,07 admissions, while “Spiderman, Far from Home” managed to secure a 4th place, despite its late release mid-December and new restrictions that led to cinema closure again. Other standout domestic titles were this year’s Oscar submission and 2021 Cannes Grand Prize winner “Compartment No. 6”, and “Heartbeat Movie: Emergency,”a feature spin-off of the hit TV medical drama series “Nurses”. Meanwhile nearly 100,000 Finns watched the double-Oscar winning U.K. film “The Father,” released mid-August.1 “No Time to Die,” SF Studios, 621,396, €9.3 million , Sept. 303 “Class Reunion 3,” Nordisk Film, 165,922, €2.1 million , July 285 “Compartment No.
Thanks to a strong and eclectic offer, Norwegian films attracted 5.8 million visitors, slightly down from 2020 . But at 30% their overall market share was the second highest after 2020.
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