01-10-2012

Baltic Oscar Films Lead Local Box Office

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    Baltic Oscar Films Lead Local Box Office ushrooming directed by Toomas Hussar

    Baltic films looking for Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category are finding domestic box office success in Estonia and Finland.

    Estonian Oscar contender Mushrooming (www.allfilm.ee) directed by Toomas Hussar had nearly 4,700 admissions on its opening weekend, giving it the best domestic opening of 2012.

     In Finland, Purge directed by Antti J Jokinen remained at the top of the chart for the third weekend, with 19,096 admissions for the week-end and 114,086 admissions in total, distributed on 91 screens. The film, which is produced by Solar Films (www.solarfilms.com) and coproduced by Estonia’s Taska Film (www.taska.ee), also did well in Estonia, where it had 3,393 admissions on its opening weekend.