Ranking of cinema movies in Norway 2021, by admissions

As of 2021, the most popular cinema movie in Norway was James Bond: No Time To Die which recorded more than 666 thousand admissions that year, while the second most popular movie was Tre Nøtter til Askepott.

Film distributors for Norwegian cinemas

Based on the revenue, SF Norge is one of the leading movie distributors in Norway. In 2020, the company generated ticket revenues of roughly 156 million Norwegian kroner and thus, ranked first. The second largest film distributor in the country was Nordisk Film Distribusjon, with a box office of about 120 million Norwegian kroner.

The Norwegian cinema market

In recent years, the gross box office revenue in Norway generally increased and reached roughly 1.3 billion Norwegian kroner in 2019. However, due to the closures of movie theaters after the coronavirus outbreak, the revenue considerably declined to 558 million kroner in 2020. As of 2021, the revenue started to recover from the pandemic, increasing its value to nearly 680 million kroner in that year. As of 2019, the largest Norwegian cinema was by far Nordisk Film Kino in Oslo, with a revenue of roughly 211.9 million Norwegian kroner. In general, Nordisk Film Kino, as well as SF Kino are the most valuable cinemas in Norway.