No blockbusters: Ticket sales are down, but local market share's up
Blockbusters such as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [+see also:
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Strong performances by domestic films, including Rasmus Heide’s comedy All for One [+see also:
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”Without making final conclusions from the early statistics, it is good to see that Danish fare is again among the top attractions, and the list of premieres for the next six months shouldn’t make you worry, either,” explained Audience/Distribution Director Steffen Andersen-Møller, of the Danish Film Institute.
The line-up of new Danish product include Martin Zandvliet’s A Funny Man: Dirch, the biopic of Danish top comedian Dirch Passer; Craig Frank’s Jensen & Jensen [+see also:
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