The number of tickets sold in total at Danish cinemas in 2013 reached 13.5 million, landing the local market share at 30%. Five Danish films made it to the overall top-10 list, with Mikkel Nørgaard's thriller "The Keeper of Lost Causes" as number one, followed by Thomas Vinterberg's Oscar-nominated drama "The Hunt".
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Top 10 / Danish Films 2013
Release Title Tickets sold
03 Oct The Keeper of Lost Causes* 721,013
10 Jan The Hunt 673,022
31 Jan My Sister's Kids in Africa 414,662
31 Jan All for Two 392,118
29 Aug Sex, Drugs and Taxation 330,312
14 Nov Sorrow and Joy* 249,501
10 Oct Olsen Gang in Deep Trouble* 202,572
07 Feb Otto Is a Rhino 190,226
03 Oct Antboy* 175,077
31 Oct Catch the Dream 104,893
* still in the cinemas
Top 10 / All Films 2013
Release Title Tickets sold03 Oct The Keeper of Lost Cau...** (dk) 721,013
10 Jan The Hunt (dk) 673,022
11 Dec The Hobbit: The Desolation ...** 465,726
31 Jan My Sister's Kids in Africa (dk) 414,662
31 Jan All for Two (dk) 392,118
20 Nov The Hunger Games: Catch ...** 336,105
29 Aug Sex, Drugs and Taxation (dk) 330,312
22 Nov '12 The Intouchables* 306,659
25 Apr Iron Man 3 276,983
25 Dec Frozen** 274,233
*tickets sold in 2013
**still in the cinemas
Box office
See current admission figures for national films in Danish theatres.
Key statistical info / 2013
OVERALL
| Population in Denmark | 5.6m |
| Regulatory body for media | Ministry of Culture |
| Total DFI budget 2014 | 63m EUR |
| Budget for total subsidy allocations for Production & Development 2014 | 39m EUR |
PRODUCTION
| Number of feature fiction films allocated a DFI production subsidy | 22 |
| Number of short and documentary films allocated af DFI production subsidy | 29 |
| Number of feature films with a non-Danish delegate producer allocated DFI production subsidy | 9 |
| Average production budget for a Danish feature fiction film | 2.8m EUR |
| Average DFI-subsidy allocation to a Danish feature fiction film | 36% |
DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION
| National feature film releases | 19 |
| National documentary film release | 9 |
| Cinemas in Denmark | 157 |
| Multiplex cinemas (min. 6 screens) | 19 |
| Cinema screens | 405 |
| Cinema seats | 58,000 |
| Average ticket price excl. VAT | 8.3 EUR |
| Average ticket price incl. VAT | 10.45 EUR |
| Total admissions in Denmark | 13.5m |
| Admissions for Danish films in Denmark | 4m |
| Tickets sold per capita in Denmark | 2.4 |
| National market share | 30% |
| US market share | 56% |
| European market share | 12% |
| Market share, other | 1% |
Market share total does not equal 100% due to rounding.
Source for Distribution and Exhibition: Distributors Organisation (FAFID). Figures from Statistics Denmark will be released in February-March.