Domestic films fared well in Finland in 2024

January 14, 2025

The first quarter of 2024 started strong for domestic films in the Finnish box office.

Image: Stormskerry Maja / Antti Rastivo, Solar Films

The number one hit of the year, Stormskerry Maja, premiered in January and got almost 470,000 admissions over the course of the year. The Swedish-language period drama made its director Tiina Lymi the most watched director in Finnish cinemas in the past 10 years.

Other Finnish hits premiering in the spring were the two comedy series spin-offs Luottomies-elokuva: All in (dir. Kari Ketonen) and Kyllä isä osaa –elokuva (dir. Panu Raipia), placing third and seventh on the admissions list. The most popular Finnish children’s film was Hayflower, Quiltshoe and the Chicken (dir. Reetta Aalto), which premiered in February and was number eight on the list. The biggest hit in the autumn was Long Good Thursday (dir. Mika Kaurismäki) which premiered in September and was number nine on the list.

One million admissions for domestic films was surpassed already in early March, and the total number of domestic admissions for the year was 2.14 million, 31.6% of all admissions (6.78 million). The box office for all films amounted to 89.5 million euros, just under 27.4 million euros for domestic films.

The most popular foreign film, Inside Out 2, took second place on the list with 381,000 admissions. Other animated films did also well: Despicable Me 4 was fourth on the list, and Moana 2, Kung Fu Panda 4 and the Finnish Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights also broke 100,000 admissions.

There were 236 premieres in total of which 48 were domestic premieres (33 fiction / 15 documentary). 79 of the premieres were American films, which accumulated 53.7% of the admissions. 21 of the premieres were British, 15 French, 12 Swedish and 12 Japanese.

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Finnish cinema admissions TOP 20 in 2024

  Film Admissions in 2024 Total admissions at the end of 2024 Premiere Director Production country Distributor
1 Stormskerry Maja 469 334 469 871 19.1.2024 Tiina Lymi FI Nordisk Film
2 Inside Out 2 381 212 381 212 17.7.2024 Kelsey Mann US / JP Walt Disney Studios
3 Luottomies-elokuva: All in 324 485 324 485 16.2.2024 Kari Ketonen FI Nelonen Media
4 Despicable Me 4 287 602 287 602 28.6.2024 Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage US Finnkino
5 Dune: Part Two 257 998 257 998 28.2.2024 Denis Villeneuve US / CA Warner Bros.
6 Deadpool & Wolverine 256 131 256 131 24.7.2024 Shawn Levy US / CA / NZ / AU Walt Disney Studios
7 Kyllä isä osaa -elokuva 223 051 223 051 28.3.2024 Panu Raipia FI Nelonen Media
8 Hayflower, Quiltshoe and the Chicken 181 955 181 955 16.2.2024 Reetta Aalto FI SF Studios
9 Long Good Thursday 176 171 176 171 6.9.2024 Mika Kaurismäki FI Nordisk Film
10 It Ends With Us 175 173 175 173 7.8.2024 Justin Baldoni US SF Studios
11 Moana 2 148 382 148 382 27.11.2024 David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller US / CA Walt Disney Studios
12 Kung Fu Panda 4 148 307 148 307 22.3.2024 Stephanie Stine, Mike Mitchell US / CN Finnkino
13 Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights 109 570 109 570 11.10.2024 Kari Juusonen, Jørgen Lerdam FI / DE / DK / IE Nordisk Film
14 Gladiator II 102 788 102 788 15.11.2024 Ridley Scott US / GB Finnkino
15 Joker: Folie À Deux 88 368 88 368 4.10.2024 Todd Phillips US Warner Bros.
16 Bad Boys: Ride or Die 78 477 78 477 5.6.2024 Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah US SF Studios
17 Anyone But You 76 939 83 714 27.12.2023 Will Gluck US SF Studios
18 The Garfield Movie 74 646 74 646 24.5.2024 Mark Dindal US / GB / HK SF Studios
19 My Name Is Dingo 73 868 73 868 25.12.2024 Mari Rantasila FI Nordisk Film
20 Wonka 73 115 159 097 8.12.2023 Paul King US / GB Warner Bros.