Norwayâs 2020 box office records an historic 35.6% market share for domestic productions
Asphalt Burning by Hallvard Bræin
The Oslo-based cinema association Film & Kino has published the figures for the countryâs 2020 box office. Despite a significant drop in cinemagoing (-57.1% admissions), caused by the shutdown of the cinemas between March and May and the newly enforced restrictions throughout the year, domestic titles secured an historic 35.6% market share, beating the previous record figure from 2018 (25.1%).
Overall, the 2020 national box office totalled 4.8 million admissions (as against 11.3 million in 2019) and made a profit of 557,743,079 Norwegian crowns (approximately â¬53,427,000). In detail, the highest-grossing title of the year was