Baltasar Kormákur's Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale and Giovanni Ribisi, opened in the US on Friday and has performed well over expectations. The film tops the box office this weekend with a $24.1m gross, making it the biggest opener ever for studio Working Title. This is the first…
Reynir Lyngdal’s debut feature Our Own Oslo (Okkar eigin Osló) premiered in Iceland on March 4th and has remained in the top spot since, with audiences reaching around 11.000 as of today. The comedy, starring Thorsteinn Gudmundsson (also screenwriter) and Brynhildur Gudjonsdóttir, has enjoyed generally favourable response from critics. Story depicts two polar opposites, dour engineer Haraldur and wacky bank employee Vilborg, trying to establish a relationship, with various people and events conspiring to prevent it from happening.
Avatar sneaks past Mr. Bjarnfredarson at the box office with 20.754 admissions (75.217 total) for the seven day period against 18.087 admissions (51.213 total) for the latter in the same period. Fridrik Thór's Mamma Gógó picked up well during the week and weekend and has now sold a total of…
Ragnar Bragason's Bjarnfredarson holds the top spot at the Icelandic box office for the second week, with 11.814 admissions at the weekend and a total of almost 39.000 admissions from Dec. 26th. Fridrik Thór Fridriksson's Mamma Gógó (opened Jan 1st) is at no. 4, with 2.317…
The numbers are in: Mr. Bjarnfredarson, the comedy/drama from Ragnar Bragason, has replaced James Cameron's Avatar at the top spot, to become Iceland's highest grossing opener on record. Accumulated three-day (Saturday-Monday) box office is IKR. 18.878.300 (€ 104.036) and reaches IKR. 20.413.700 (€ 112.497) with previews…
In spite of James Cameron's Avatar, Ragnar Bragason's Mr. Bjarnfredarson is set to become the biggest opener of any film in Iceland's box office history, as distributor Samfilm projects the three-day gross to cross Ikr. 20 million (€110.000), with around 17.500 admissions. Mr. Bjarnfredarson opened December…
Three local films are in the top ten for the second week, a highly unusual development. Thorsteinn G. Bjarnason’s comedy Jóhannes is again at number two, after leading the charts for three weeks; Hilmar Oddsson’s Christmas set dramedy December, moves up a notch – from no. 5 to no. 4;…
Icelandic cinema audiences are responding well to the farcical Jóhannes, which is still on top at the Icelandic box office after its second weekend on release. The film has sold over 17.000 tickets so far and seems destined to join another local film, The Big Rescue, as one of the…
