Despite the heat-wave, A Man Called Ove opened strongly in Denmark last weekend at number two after the US blockbuster Warcraft, with 30,275 admissions from 109 screens.

With 7,361 admissions for its opening day in Denmark, the screen adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s best-seller beat similar strong Swedish titles such as The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed the Window and Disappeared (6.080) and Waltz for Monica (6,538). After a slower weekend, Ove climbed back up on Monday to reach the highest numbers so far on Tuesday with 8.614 admissions. “We are very happy with the results. It’s a strong and solid opening, taking into account it was full blown summer in Denmark during the weekend,” says Nordisk Film’s Acquisition Executive Rasmus Krogh. 

In Sweden A Man Called Ove has sold 1,713,392 tickets and is still playing after 23 weeks on domestic screens. 

Other Nordic films playing strongly at home or across the Nordic region include Jesper W. Nielsen’s drama The Day Will Come, number seven in Denmark with 227,389 total admissions after 6 weeks for Nordisk Film. 

In Norway the Danish thriller A Conspiracy of Faith (Nordisk Film) has sold 18,755 tickets so far and is plays at number nine in its third weekend while the Icelandic film Rams has been watched by 23,932 Swedes and is playing at number 12 in Sweden after 8 weeks on screens, courtesy of Scanbox. 

Meanwhile the Finnish/US animated film Angry Birds has sold more than 490,000 tickets across the Nordic region in its third weekend and is still the top cinema choice for the Finns. 

Sources: FAFID, FRÍSK, Filmikamari, Norske Filmbyråers Forening, Filmägarnas Kontrollbyrå, Nordisk Film Distribution.