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Nordic Box Office 2023: Slow Gains, With ‘Barbie’ and Top-Solid Norwegian, Icelandic Market Shares
All Nordic markets made box office gains in 2023, driven by ‘Barbie’ and local titles especially in Norway and Iceland.
Three other Finnish movies ranked in the top 10: the 9th instalment in the popular kids’ franchise “Ricky Rapper at the Wild Machine”; Jalmari Helander’s actioner “Sisu” (which punched a phenomenal $14.3 million worldwide), and the drama “Lapua 1976” by newcomer Toni Kurkimäki. Produced outside the usual subsidy system in Finland, the true story of a factory accident that shook small town of Lapua in 1976 turned into the year’s biggest sleeper, securing a ninth spot in the top 10, above “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” While in 2022 only one local movie entered the final top 10 chart, besides “Wild Game,” another two titles hit the jackpot in 2023: low- budget chiller “Cold” by new helmer Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen and, at the other end go the scale, the mega-European thriller “Operation Napoleon,” shot mostly in English.
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