Director Anders Matthesen’s family adventure opened on Christmas day.
Family film Checkered Ninja has set a new record for a Danish film’s opening week at local box office, selling 345, 947 tickets in its first eight days of release (including sneak previews). Excluding sneak previews, the seven-day opening week figure was 305,429. Nordisk released the film on Christmas Day.
It also had the best four-day opening for a Danish movie ever – 222,760 tickets, surpassing last year’s record-setter The Purity of Vengeance which was on 215,910.
Checkered Ninja also had the best-ever opening for any animated feature (including studio films) in Danish cinemas.
Family film Checkered Ninja has set a new record for a Danish film’s opening week at local box office, selling 345, 947 tickets in its first eight days of release (including sneak previews). Excluding sneak previews, the seven-day opening week figure was 305,429. Nordisk released the film on Christmas Day.
It also had the best four-day opening for a Danish movie ever – 222,760 tickets, surpassing last year’s record-setter The Purity of Vengeance which was on 215,910.
Checkered Ninja also had the best-ever opening for any animated feature (including studio films) in Danish cinemas.
- 1/4/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Animation directed by Terkel In Trouble’s Anders Matthesen.
LevelK has boarded world sales rights to animated feature Checkered Ninja, directed by Denmark’s Anders Matthesen (Terkel In Trouble).
Thorbjørn Christoffersen (Ronal the Barbarian, The Journey To Saturn) serves as animation director.
The story, adapted from Matthesen’s 2016 debut novel, is about a boy, Aske, whose uncle gives him a Ninja doll after a trip to Thailand. The doll turns out to be alive and can help Aske with his problems at school, Aske wants to return the favour but the ninja is possessed and wants revenge.
The film is in production now,...
LevelK has boarded world sales rights to animated feature Checkered Ninja, directed by Denmark’s Anders Matthesen (Terkel In Trouble).
Thorbjørn Christoffersen (Ronal the Barbarian, The Journey To Saturn) serves as animation director.
The story, adapted from Matthesen’s 2016 debut novel, is about a boy, Aske, whose uncle gives him a Ninja doll after a trip to Thailand. The doll turns out to be alive and can help Aske with his problems at school, Aske wants to return the favour but the ninja is possessed and wants revenge.
The film is in production now,...
- 3/7/2018
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
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