Three local films targeting different audiences topped the Danish chart last weekend: All for Two, My Sister's Kids in Africa and The Hunt. In Finland the local family film Rolli and the Golden Key broke opening records and took the top position, followed by the Finnish musical film The Year of '85-Rock Your Memories. In Sweden Ego and Tosh in Greece came in at number two and three respectively.

In Denmark, the comedy trio director Rasmus Heide, scriptwriter/actor Mick Øgendahl and producer Ronnie Fridthjof have another hit on their hands with All for Two, sequel to the comedy All for One that sold over 400,000 tickets in 2011. Scripted this time with the help of Anders Thomas Jensen, All for Two opened at number one for Nordisk Film, selling 107,523 tickets from 101 screens. Another new Danish title came in pole position: My Sister's Kids in Africa based on the popular franchise produced by Obel Film. The family adventure film sold 56,029 tickets from 87 screens for FC/SF. Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt keeps playing strongly in its fourth week, and total admissions are nearing 500,000. The Nordisk Film release is currently playing in 85 cinemas.

In Finland the fantasy adventure film Rolli and the Golden Key was launched on 193 screens by Nordisk Film and had an all-time ninth domestic opening-weekend and number two opening-weekend for a family film. Rolli even beat the distributor's opening record for Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy in 2012. The latest adventures of the Troll-like creature Rolli uses realistic characters combined with computer animation. Taavi Vartiainen wrote and directed it for Matila Röhr Productions.

Rolli pushed down from its top position Timo Koivusalo and Riku Suokas's The Year of '85-Rock Your Memories released by Disney on 84 screens. The film based on a musical of the same name and driven by Finnish rock classics has sold already 91,746 tickets in only two weekends. The film was produced by Artista Filmi.

Three other Finnish films made it in the Top Ten - Aleksi Mäkelä's comedy The Hijack that Went South dropped from third to eighth place and total admissions stand at 38,715 for Nordisk Film. The drama Things We Do for Love by Matti Ljäs opened at number nine for Disney, selling 3,291 tickets from 22 screens. The documentary Tale of a Forest continues its remarkable run and climbed from number 12 to 10, selling another 2,873 tickets from 40 screens to reach 41,325. The film produced by Matila Röhr Productions revolves around a forest of a thousand tales, transforming before our eyes as it follows its yearly cycle of life.

In Sweden, Django Unchained stayed at number one for the third consecutive weekend, with two Swedish films at its heels. Ego, the romantic comedy drama about vanity, love and sex by first timer Lisa James-Larsson came up two ranks to number two and sold an extra 26,195 tickets from 121 screens, reaching 63,413 for Nordisk Film.

The Guldbagge Audience award-winning family film Tosh in Greece by Hannes Holm continues to hold well for Nordisk Film. Nearly 500,000 Swedes have bought a cinema ticket since the film's release on Christmas day. Another Guldbagge winner - Eat-Sleep, Die benefitted from its four major awards and climbed three places to number 15. After 18 weeks on national screens, the film has sold 72,041 tickets for TriArt.

In Norway no local film was in the Top Ten last weekend, but the Finnish director Tommy Wirkola was number one with his US movie Hans & Gretel, Witch Hunters released by SF.
Danish award-winning The Hunt opened at number seven for Nordisk Film, selling 4,426 tickets from 65 screens. In Iceland the only local film in the Top 20 was XL by Marteinn Thórsson which dropped five places to number 10 in its third weekend, released by Samfilm.

Source :  Filmikamari, Finnish Film Foundation, Filmägarnas kontrollbyrå, Filmweb.no, Film & Kino, SMAIS, FAFID.