Thomas Vinterberg´s Cannes Competition title - the award-winning THE HUNT starring Mads Mikkelsen was domestically released on Thursday January 10th to rave reviews and sold out screenings throughout the country.
THE HUNT opened as number one on the box office charts selling 119.349 tickets in its 4-day opening weekend (133.576 including pre-screenings). This is the second best opening for a local film in Denmark in more than a decade.
Comparatively local Danish 2012 blockbusters A ROYAL AFFAIR and LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED opened with 91.578 and 101.126 respectively (both figures including pre-screenings).
The Danish critics uniformly praise the film with 5 and 6-star reviews (out of 6):
****** The best and most important Danish film in years (Ole Jacobsen, P4)
****** Bulls eye. Vinterberg and Mikkelsen in absolute top form. (Niels Lind Larsen, BT)
****** THE HUNT is simply outstanding. (Bettina Nielsen, Magasinetkbh.dk)
****** Maybe the best and strongest Danish film ever made. (Bjørn Kryger, Film-Nyt.dk)
***** A forceful, thrilling and thought provoking film. (Kim Skotte, Politiken)
***** A contender for the best Danish film of the year. (Jesper Paulsen, Cinemaonline.dk)
***** Thomas Vinterberg is back at the top of Danish cinema. (Helle Sihm, Dagbladenes Bureau)
***** A strong cinematic experience. (Elle)
***** Thomas Vinterberg is back with his strongest film since THE CELEBRATION. (Henrik Queitsch, Ekstra Bladet)
***** The whole cast shines. An incredible comeback for Thomas Vinterberg. (Claus Christensen, Ekko)
***** (Kristian Lindberg, Berlingske)
***** (Nanna Frank Rasmussen, Jyllands-Posten)
THE HUNT is produced by Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Morten Kaufmann for Zentropa Entertainments19 in co-production with Film i Väst and Zentropa International Sweden with support from The Danish Film Institute, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Eurimages, Nordic Film & TV Fund, The Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Television and the MEDIA programme of the European Union.