27/02/2013 - Johanna Vuoksenmaa, whose 21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage has taken 173,767 admissions domestically, is ready for another season of her TV series on online dating

For the third consecutive week, Johanna Vuoksenmaa’s 21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage (photo) is No 1 on the Finnish charts, taking 33,578 admissions over the weekend, to total 173,765 as a Nordisk Film release.

Starring Armi Toivanen, Riku Nieminen, Essi Hellen and Aku Hirvieniemi, the multi-award-winning television director’s third feature portrays a 29-year-old woman, who has decided to remain single and tries to make science out of her phobia of 'commitment', writing her dissertation entitled X Ways to Ruin Your Marriage – that is until she meets Aleksi.

After a successful first season on MTV3, Vuoksenmaa’s Click Me TV serial, a comedy-drama about divorced and single people seeking a partner in the world of on-line dating, has received €90.000 production funding from the Finnish Film Foundation for a second spell. As with 21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage, the €1.7 million production will be staged by Riina Hyytiä, for Helsinki’s Dionysos Films.

Another three Finnish features are currently among the local strong box-office performers, including No 4 on the charts, Rolli and the Golden Key, by Finnish director Taavi Vartia. The family adventure has till now sold 149,928 tickets domestically in three weeks for Nordisk Film.

After one week Finnish director Aku Louhimies’ 8-Ball [+see also:
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