For the second consecutive weekend, Per Fly’s biopic Monica Z (Waltz for Monica) displayed by SF on 172 screens stayed on top of the Swedish charts, ahead of the US family film The Smurfs 2, number one in Denmark and Finland.

Supported by strong national reviews and good word of mouth, Monica Z added 45,472 admissions in Sweden, rounding total numbers to 166,759. The impressive screen debut of singer Edda Magnason had the second best screen average after UIP/Sony’s Smurfs 2. 

Easy Money 3-Life Deluxe released by Nordisk Film was pushed down from third to fifth place in its fourth weekend by the new US movies We’re the Millers (Fox/Warner) and White House Down (UIP/Sony), playing on larger print runs, but the Tre Vänner production had a higher screen average than the US openers and total admissions have reached 210,889. The Norwegian/Swedish animation film Hocus Pocus-Alfie Atkins was on Life-Deluxe’s heels, and slightly upped its admissions week on week thanks to Nordisk Film’s decision to up the film’s print run from 89 to 99 in its fifth weekend. Total admissions are 62,994.

Denmark has a strong local performer in Spies & Glistrup (Sex, Drugs & Taxation) released by Nordisk Film, that kept its second place at the Top Ten (after The Smurfs 2) in its fourth weekend. The comedy had the second best screen average after UIP/Sony’s new opener White House Down. Christoffer Boe’s film is still playing on 87 screens and total admissions have reached 261,621. Spies & Glistrup was the only European title in the Top Ten last weekend. Sweden’s Oscar submission and Nordic Council Film Prize candidate Eat-Sleep Die was launched on five Danish screens by Reel Distribution.

In Iceland the comedy Of Horses and Men directed by Benedikt Erlingsson climbed from 11th to 8th place at the Top Ten. Meanwhile Baltasar Kormákur’s Hollywood movie 2 Guns remains stable at number seven after six weeks on screens. Both films were released by Sena.

In Finland the local drama Above Dark Waters by actor-turned-director Peter Franzén kept its third place at the Top Ten, losing only 13% of admissions in its third weekend. The Nordisk Film release based on Franzén’s autobiographical novel has attracted 52,309 people. The new Finnish opener Princess of Egypt directed by the established scriptwriter Jan Forsström, sold 742 tickets from 28 screens for Atlantic Film.

In Norway, five Nordic titles were in the Top Ten last weekend. The animation film Hocus Pocus-Alfie Atkins was number four in its second weekend and total admissions so far are 37,865. The underwater thriller Pioneer came in at number five. Over140,000 people have watched it after four weeks. The family film Mormor og de åtte ungene was number six and sold 7126 extra tickets to push the total numbers to 151,406. Hocus Pocus-Alfie Atkins, Pioneer and Mormor og de åtte ungene were released by Nordisk Film. The family comedy movie The Tough Guys stayed at number eight for SF Norge, and after three weekends, the film has a running total of 24,742.

SF Norge also launched the Swedish hit Monica Z on 57 Norwegian screens and entered the top charts at number nine.