All-time record in 2007
by Annika Pham
Estonian films had a historical domestic market share of 14.3% in 2007 with 232,478 tickets sold, up by almost 6% on 2006. Admissions per capita also peaked at 1.21.
The total number of admissions for 2007 was 1.6m (1.5m in 2006), and total box office gross €7.1m. As many as three Estonian films made it in the top ten, of a total of nine local feature films released on domestic screens.
Rain Tolk and Andres Maimik’s 186 Kilometres [+see also:
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Three other Estonian films made their mark on the local market: Ilmar Raag’s The Class [+see also:
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The emergence of a younger generation of filmmakers and a wider variety of genres appealing to different target audiences played a major role in last year’s excellent results for Estonian films, both domestically and internationally.
A total of 133 films were released on Estonian screens last year, including 86 US films and 36 European films, which garnered 991,086 and 243,325 admissions respectively. The biggest hit of 2007 was Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (83,664 admissions), followed by Shrek the Third (75,618).
Mr Bean’s Holiday [+see also:
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