It was the best of times and it was the worst of times... In spite of everything that plagued us, 2009 was a fine year for the Icelandic cinema, wether in terms of films screened, films produced, box office or market share. Three of the top five openings on…
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…
Óskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik Rotterdam will be Iceland’s contribution to the Academy Awards preselection in the foreign picture category. The film premiered in Iceland at the beginning of October last year. The Oscars ceremony will be held on Sunday March 7th 2010 in Los Angeles. The Edda Awards to be held…
Baltasar Kormákur’s White Night Wedding was by far the most popular Icelandic movie screened in 2008, with over 55.000 admissions. Box office is up 14.5% from 2007 and local films also increase their market share by over 15% (to 10.5% of total market share). General data for 2008 Inhabitants 319,368…
