Mikkel Norgaard´s The Keeper Of Lost Causes doesn´t release in Denmark until October 3, but it´s already burning up the box office. The first installment in the Department Q franchise that´s based on the books by Jussi Adler-Olsen has so far sold 32,000 sneak preview tickets. Cineuropa reports it has beaten the advance ticket sales of last year´s Skyfall and is on its way to nearing the all-time record set by , The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second film in the original Millennium trilogy. A Royal Affair´s Nikolaj Arcel penned Keeper Of Lost Causes and the three follow-up films. The second pic, The Absent One, starts shooting this month. Nordisk Film is releasing the police thrillers locally and TrustNordisk is handling sales.