05/06/2009

After Scandinavia, where it continues to break box office records for a Swedish film (over 2.6m admissions thus far), Niels Arden Oplev’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Niels Arden Oplev
interview: Søren Stærmose
film profile] has opened successfully in five European territories and has been sold to another five countries by Zodiak Entertainment.

Since its French release on 552 screens, on May 13 through UGC, the first thriller of the Millennium trilogy, has sold around 850,000 tickets and was number four in the top ten last week. In Spain, the film had the second best opening weekend after opening on May 29, and was second at the box office with 220,000 admissions. In Italy, the film was third with 150,000 admissions.

The new territories to have acquired the film include the UK (Momentum), Australia (Rialto), Greece (Rosebud), Mexico (Gussi) and Argentina (Clardin).

“It is very rare for a non-English-language film to obtain this kind of extensive international distribution. We are very pleased that our adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s fantastic books have so much appeal to buyers all over the world,” said Mikael Wallén, managing director of Swedish production house Yellow Bird.

Readers of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy who enjoyed the first opus will soon be able to watch the two following film adaptations. The Girl Who Played with Fire [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], will open simultaneously in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through Nordisk Film on September 18 and a week later in Finland. The third adaptation, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest [+see also:
trailer
film profile], will hit screens on November 27 in Sweden, Norway and Denmark and in January 2010 in Finland.