The Slovak romantic comedy “And a Happy New Year 2” by Jacob Kroner grossed 1.11 million euros ($1.19 million) at the domestic box office over its five weeks of release, more than any Hollywood movie has ever made in that country. Now this year. Her stellar run continues the success that domestic romantic comedies have had in the past two years, according to the online news service. New Europe movie.
“And a Happy New Year 2” is a sequel to Kroner’s comedy The New Year’s Kiss, which first started the trend at the end of 2019, when it topped the Slovak box office in its opening weekend, with 56555 acceptances and a total of 337,680. euro. Both films were produced by InOut Studio.
The year started with another successful Slovak romantic comedy, Until Summer Comes, directed by Marta Ferenkova (produced by Nunez NFE, co-produced by Trinity Pictures), which after its February 17 premiere remained at the top of the charts for the first two weeks. After nine weeks in cinemas, the film had garnered 122,522 entries and had earned €807,255 by April 10, according to the Slovak Distributors’ Association.
By way of comparison, The Batman movie had 76,844 approvals and 556,952 euros in seven weeks, while the animated movie “Sing 2” had 89,015 approvals and 538,369 euros in nine weeks.
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Last year, the new Slovak movie “Perfect Strangers”, “Known Unknown” directed by Zuzana Marianková and co-produced with Angry Tiger and En Libre, ranked second in this year’s admissions with 107306 entries.
Another romantic comedy, “Far Too Personal” by Marta Ferenkova, produced by the Czech Joy Department, co-produced with Nunez NFE and Slovakia’s Trinity Pictures, ranked second with 175,640 admissions in 2020, while “The New Year’s Kiss” ranked third that year with 78,113 admissions.
The first place in 2020 was taken by another domestic film – the political thriller “Scumbag”, directed by Mariana Angel Solkanska and Rudolf Berman, produced by CinemArt SK, IN Film Praha and Magic Seven Slovakia, with 395,604 views.
This article was published in partnership with the online news service New Europe moviecovering film and television industry news from across Central and Eastern Europe.
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