Admissions for Icelandic films by year
2021
| Title | Revenue from ticket sales (ISK) | Admissions |
|---|---|---|
| Cop Secret * | 76.375.016 kr. | 41.534 |
| Stitch n' Bitch | 32.586.899 kr. | 19.036 |
| Lamb | 10.675.730 kr. | 6.636 |
| How to be a Classy Tramp | 10.589.243 kr. | 6.191 |
| Birta | 6.284.465 kr. | 5.164 |
| Wolka | 2.907.588 kr. | 2.009 |
| Alma | 1.192.853 kr. | 802 |
| Half Elf ** | 1.117.188 kr. | 758 |
| A Song Called Hate ** | 766.691 kr. | 601 |
| Spare Parts ** | 651.516 kr. | 447 |
| Last and First Men | 544.000 kr. | 379 |
| Resonance ** | 526.872 kr. | 374 |
| Fifteen Past Seven ** | 29.4100 kr. | 300 |
| Shadowtown | 347.999 kr. | 279 |
| Backyard Village | 125.015 kr. | 208 |
| Woods Grew Here Once ** | 162.244 kr. | 202 |
| Home Again? ** | 271.686 kr. | 195 |
| Are You Icelandic? ** | 23.2157 kr. | 179 |
| Apausalypse ** | 86.196 kr. | 86 |
| Acting Out ** | 41.828 kr. | 26 |
| Total | 144.962.761 kr. | 85.406 |
* Admissions figures from 2020 are not included here. **Documentaries
2020
The Last Fishing Trip, by Thorkell S. Hardarson and Örn Marinó Arnarson, topped the Icelandic box office in 2020, with 35.306 tickets sold. Grandma Hófí, by Gunnar B. Gudmundsson came in second with 22.428 tickets sold.
A total of 8 Icelandic narrative features and documentaries were released in 2020, four features were re-released, and two films were released in 2019. It accounts for 17% percent of all revenues in 2020 and 69.586 total admissions.
| Title | Admissions | Revenue from ticket sales (ISK) |
| Features | ||
| The Last Fishing Trip | 35.306 | 61.777.808 |
| Grandma Hófí | 22.428 | 35.880.675 |
| The Garden | 8.509 | 13.142.134 |
| Skoppa and Skrítla (2008) (re-released in 2020) | 668 | 555.579 |
| Mentor | 622 | 765.585 |
| The Icelandic Shock Station (re-released in 2020) | 612 | 722.180 |
| Agnes (re-released in 2020) | 259 | 469.977 |
| The Falcons (2018) (re-released in 2020) | 72 | 86.228 |
| Echo (premired 2019)* | 18 | 32.451 |
| Documentaries | ||
| The Hero's Journey to the Third Pole | 803 | 931.355 |
| Askew: Works and Days of Magnús Pálsson(premired 2019)* | 106 | 171.450 |
| Against the Current | 82 | 130.980 |
| The School of Housewives | 56 | 80.698 |
| I am a Simple Man | 45 | 67.200 |
| Total | 69.586 | 114.814.300 |
* Admissions figures from 2019 are not included here.
2019
Agnes Joy, by Silja Hauksdóttir, topped the Icelandic box office in 2019, with 12.215 tickets sold. A White, White Day, by Hlynur Pálmason came in second with 11.434 tickets sold.
A total of 17 Icelandic narrative features and documentaries were released in 2019 in which account for 4,8% percent of all revenues in 2019 and 53.835 total admissions.
| Title | Admissions | Revenue from ticket sales (in ISK) |
| Features | ||
| Agnes Joy | 12.215 | 19.706.353 kr. |
| A White, White Day | 11.434 | 16.740.614 kr. |
| The County | 10.311 | 15.568.942 kr. |
| Valhalla (Icelandic minority coproduction) | 4.679 | 5.428.696 kr. |
| Thirst | 3.784 | 4.530.928 kr. |
| Pity the Lovers (Icelandic minority coproduction) | 2.195 | 2.661.330 kr. |
| Echo | 1.932 | 1.953.384 kr. |
| Eden | 1.432 | 1.602.550 kr. |
| The Deposit | 1.610 | 1.523.635 kr. |
| Let Me Fall (premired 2018)* | 62 | 1.027.390 kr. |
| Take 5 | 322 | 464.400 kr. |
| Woman at War (premired 2018)* | 155 | 250.550 kr. |
| Documentaries | ||
| Seeing the Unseen | 2.537 | 2.832.200 kr. |
| The Last Autumn | 358 | 571.600 kr. |
| Dive: Rituals in Water | 360 | 519.200 kr. |
| In Touch (Icelandic minority coproduction) | 191 | 289.200 kr. |
| The Vasulka Effect | 180 | 273.600 kr. |
| The Bountiful Land | 156 | 258.300 kr. |
| Askew | 86 | 139.950 kr. |
| Total | 54.026 | 76.342.822 kr. |
* Admissions figures from 2018 are not included here.
2018
Let Me Fall, by Baldvin Z, topped the Icelandic box office in 2018, with 52.901 tickets sold. It's the most popular Icelandic film since Óskar Thór Axelsson's Black's Game in 2012.
Four Icelandic films were among the top 20 of the most popular films in Iceland, among with Let Me Fall. Bragi Thór Hinriksson's The Falcons ranks 9th in the 2018 box office with around 35.500 tickets sold, Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson's Ploey ranks 15th in the 2018 box office with 24.185 tickets sold and Benedikt Erlingsson's Woman at War ranks 16th with 19.908 tickets sold.
A total of 16 Icelandic narrative features and documentaries were released in 2018 in which account for 13,3% percent of all revenues in 2018 and 164.000 total admissions.
| Title | Admissions | Revenue from ticket sales (in ISK) |
| Let Me Fall | 52.901 | 87.008.153 kr. |
| The Falcons | 35.465 | 47.712.654 kr. |
| Ploey | 24.185 | 29.908.088 kr. |
| Woman at War | 19.908 | 29.379.872 kr. |
| Fullir vasar | 8.117 | 11.959.128 kr. |
| And Breathe Normally | 6.855 | 10.865.001 kr. |
| Vultures | 6.372 | 9.373.536 kr. |
| The Swan | 4.635 | 5.803.672 kr. |
| Mihkel | 3.588 | 5.032.842 kr. |
| Under the Tree (premired 2017)* | 489 | 780.050 kr. |
| Little Moscow | 491 | 666.800 kr. |
| You Say You Want a Revolution | 358 | 481.600 kr. |
| People Like That (1970-1985) | 188 | 241.600 kr. |
| Kanema's Song | 193 | 226.000 kr. |
New Hands - Within Reach | 114 | 136.000 kr. |
| Síðasta áminningin | 26 | 22.500 kr. |
| Total | 163.885 | 239.597.496 kr. |
* Admissions figures from 2017 are not included here.
In addition to narrative and documentary features, 2018 saw two TV series released on domestic television channels.
The Flatey Enigma, directed by Björn B. Björnsson was released on RÚV in November.
Trapped 2, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Börkur Sigthórsson, Óskar Thór Axelsson and Ugla Hauksdóttir was released on RÚV in December.
2017
Two Icelandic films topped the box office as the biggest films of the year for the first time since such data has been gathered. These are the films I Remember You, by Óskar Þór Axelsson, with 47.368 tickets sold and Under the Tree, by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, with 42.427 tickets sold.
Three Icelandic films were among the top 20 of the most popular films in Iceland in 2017, among with I Remeber You and Under the Tree. Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson's Heartstone ranks 11th in the 2017 box office with around 22.000 tickets sold.
A total of 17 Icelandic narrative features and documentaries were released in 2017 in which account for 11,22% percent of all revenues in 2017 and 122.591 total admissions.
| Title | Admissions | Revenue from ticket sales (in ISK) |
| I Remember You | 47.368 | 76.591.704 kr. |
| Under the Tree | 42.427 | 67.736.250 kr. |
| Heartstone | 22.684 | 34.440.662 kr. |
| Beyond Strength | 2.286 | 3.355.650 kr. |
| Rift | 1.721 | 1.926.230 kr. |
| Summer Children | 1.579 | 1.662.499 kr. |
| Out Of Thin Air | 640 | 861.450 kr. |
| From Top to Bottoms | 560 | 586.800 kr. |
| The Oath (premired 2016)* | 706 | 529.155 kr. |
| Snjór og Salóme | 972 | 503.990 kr. |
| Iceland Defence Force | 387 | 244.350 kr. |
| Seeing Eye Dog | 176 | 218.700 kr. |
| 690 Vopnafjörður | 334 | 213.300 kr. |
| Island songs | 169 | 212.000 kr. |
| Form and Function | 214 | 162.900 kr. |
| 15 Years in Iceland | 254 | 73.800 kr. |
| A Reykjavik Porno | 43 | 53.100 kr. |
| Cruelty (premired 2016)* | 31 | 35.312 kr. |
| Goðsögnin FC Karaoke | 22 | 31.050 kr. |
| The Sea Within (premired 2016)* | 7 | 11.250 kr. |
| Rúnturinn I (premired 2016)* | 11 | 10.800 kr. |
| Total | 122.591 | 189.460.952 kr. |
* Admissions figures from 2016 are not included here.
In addition to narrative and documentary features, 2017 saw four TV series released on domestic television channels.
Prisoners, directed by Ragnar Bragason was released on RÚV in January.
Hulli 2, directed by Hugleikur Dagsson was released on RÚV in February.
Life After Death, directed by Vera Sölvadóttir was released on RÚV in April
Stella Blómkvist, directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson was released on Sjónvarp Símans Premium in November.
2016
The Oath by Baltasar Kormákur topped the Icelandic box office in 2016, with 46.786 tickets sold. It was the only Icelandic film that ranked in the top 20.
This is the second year in a row where a film directed by Baltasar Kormákur tops the Icelandic box office, with Everest doing so in 2015. Everest also ranks in the top 20 of the most popular films in Iceland since such data has been gathered.
The 19 Icelandic narrative features and documentaries that were released in 2016 account for 6.4 percent of the entire Icelandic box office for the year, which amounts to just over 91,000 total admissions. Icelandic films took 6.6 percent of all revenues in 2015, or just over 111,5 million Icelandic krónur.
Attendance for Icelandic films increased by 32% from the previous year, from roughly 62,000 the previous year.
Here are the admissions figures and corresponding revenues for Icelandic films in 2016, according to FRÍSK (the Association for Rights Holders in Television and Film):
| Title | Admissions | Revenue from ticket sales (in ISK) |
| The Oath | 46.786 | 63.713.364 kr. |
| Cruelty | 19.587 | 17.464.072 kr. |
| In Front of Others | 10.891 | 14.624.347 kr. |
| Inside a Volcano | 3.619 | 4.222.820 kr. |
| InnSæi - The Sea Within | 2.089 | 3.235.200 kr. |
| Reykjavík | 2.569 | 2.107.894 kr. |
| Spies, Lies and Family Ties | 1.151 | 1.412.400 kr. |
| Rams (premiered 2015)* | 921 | 1.129.967 kr. |
| Ransacked | 610 | 900.450 kr. |
| Baskavígin | 800 | 847.350 kr. |
| Yarn | 454 | 609.300 kr. |
| Virgin Mountain (premiered in 2015)* | 347 | 450.680 kr. |
| Úti ad aka - Á reykspúandi Kadilakk yfir Ameríku | 221 | 293.600 kr. |
| Black Sheep | 344 | 216.450 kr. |
| Sparrows (premiered in 2015)* | 111 | 107.600 kr. |
| Keep Frozen | 341 | 106.000 kr. |
| Poor Iceland | 239 | 40.050 kr. |
| Rúnturinn I | 139 | 36.850 kr. |
| East of the Mountain (premiered in 2015)* | 2 | 3.200 kr. |
| 91.221 | 111.521.594 kr. |
* Admissions figures from 2015 are not included here.
In addition to narrative and documentary features, 2016 saw two TV series released on domestic television channels and several short films released in domestic cinemas and on TV.
TV series (fiction)
Ligeglad, directed by Arnór Pálmi Arnarson was released on RÚV in March.
The Mayor, directed by Rannveig Gagga Jónsdóttir, María Reyndal and Jón Gnarr was released on Channel 2 in October.
Trapped, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Baldvin Z, Óskar Thór Axelsson and Börkur Sigthórsson, was released on RÚV in December 2015 and ran through February 2016.
Short films
Best Friends Forever and Ever, by Katrín Björgvinsdóttir was released at Bíó Paradís during RIFF in October.
Búi, by Inga Lísa Middleton was released on RÚV in December.
CUBS, by Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir was released at Bíó Paradís during RIFF in October.
Grýla, by Tómas H. Jóhannesson was released at Bíó Paradís during RIFF in October.
Helga, by Tinna Hrafnsdóttir was released at Bíó Paradís during RIFF in October.
I Can't Be Seen Like This, by Anna Gunndís Gudmundsdóttir was released at Bíó Paradís during RIFF in October.
LightAge, by Gudmundur Gardarsson was released at Bíó Paradís during RIFF in October.
Playing It by the Ear, by Eythór Jóvinsson was released at Bíó Paradís during RIFF in October.
2015
Grímur Hákonarson's Rams was the only Icelandic film that ranked in the top 20 in the Icelandic box office in 2015. However, Everest, the Icelandic minority coproduction directed by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, topped the box office.
As of this writing, Rams ranks 18th in the 2015 box office with around 21,500 tickets sold, and is still in release. Everest, a large special effects-driven film with a sizeable Icelandic crew, sold around 67,400 tickets in 2015 and ranks in the top 20 of the most popular films in Iceland since such data has been gathered.
The 17 Icelandic narrative features and documentaries that were released in 2015 account for 4.5 percent of the entire Icelandic box office for the year, which amounts to roughly 62,000 total admissions. Icelandic films took 4.8 percent of all revenues in 2015, or roughly 74 million Icelandic krónur.
The 17 Icelandic films released in 2015 is a significant increase over the previous year, when there were only 9 films released. This increase may have something to do with the fact that the data includes admissions figures from Reykjavík's art-house cinema, Bíó Paradís, for the first time. Despite the increase in the number of films released, however, attendance for Icelandic films decreased substantially, from roughly 148,000 the previous year. It should be noted that 2014 was an especially strong year in this regard, driven by Baldvin Z's Life in a Fishbowl being the most popular film of the year.
Here are the admissions figures and corresponding revenues for Icelandic films in 2015, according to FRÍSK (the Association for Rights Holders in Television and Film):
| Film | Admissions | Revenue from ticket sales (in ISK) |
| Rams | 21,546 | 29,201,840 |
| Virgin Mountain | 13,083 | 17,441,514 |
| Reverse | 7,515 | 9,329,860 |
| Albatross | 4,470 | 2,952,260 |
| Sparrows | 3,913 | 3,890,310 |
| The Situation Girls | 3,058 | 3,797,400 |
| Webcam | 2,717 | 2,758,650 |
| East of the Mountain | 1,319 | 781,930 |
| The Coach | 1,175 | 931,440 |
| Kitchen Sink Revolution | 546 | 494,300 |
| Johanna: The Last Battle | 521 |
396,500
|
| Horizon | 498 |
298,800
|
| The Homecoming | 491 |
670,100
|
| The Biggest Rescue (released in 2014) | 366 | 414,614 |
| We Are Still Here | 310 |
128,800
|
| Trend Beacons | 196 |
236,400
|
| I Want to be Weird | 123 |
99,600
|
| Total | 61,847 |
73,824,318
|
In addition to narrative and documentary features, 2015 saw two TV series released on domestic television channels and several short films released in domestic cinemas.
TV series (fiction)
Trapped, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Baldvin Z, Óskar Thór Axelsson and Börkur Sigthórsson, was released on RÚV in December.
Case, directed by Baldvin Z, was released on Channel 2 in October.
Short films
Brothers, directed by Thórdur Pálsson, was released at Tjarnarbíó during the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) in September.
Lobster Soup Included, directed by Styrmir Sigurdsson, was released at Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Rainbow Party, directed by Eva Sigurdardóttir, was released at Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Zelos, directed by Thóranna Sigurdardóttir, was released at Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
You and Me, directed by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir, was released at Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Most of the above titles also traveled to foreign film festivals during the past year. For details, see here.
2014
Icelandic films had a strong year in the domestic box office in 2014, especially since one of them, Life in a Fishbowl, topped the charts with almost 48,000 tickets sold. Another Icelandic film, The Biggest Rescue, made the top 20, in 8th position, with around 32,600 tickets sold.
Nine Icelandic films were released in 2014, accounting for 13.3 percent of all cinema revenues, which amounts to almost 197 million Icelandic krónur. In terms of turnout, Icelandic films accounted for 11 percent of all tickets sold, about 148,000 total admissions.
Here are the figures for admissions and corresponding revenue for Icelandic films in 2014, according to FRÍSK (the Association of Rights Holders in Television and Film):
| Film | Admissions | Revenue from ticket sales (in ISK) |
| Life in a Fishbowl | 47,982 | 69,677,709 |
| The Biggest Rescue | 32,623 | 37,064,927 |
| The Grandad | 14,904 | 22,185,100 |
| Harry & Heimir: The First Time it is Murder | 12,233 | 15,865,538 |
| Lífsleikni Gillz | 12,165 | 14,146,055 |
| Paris of the North | 11,479 | 15,392,060 |
| Brave Men's Blood | 11,024 | 15,532,350 |
| Graves & Bones | 3,617 | 4,481,680 |
| Of Horses and Men* | 2,119 | 2,607,440 |
| Total | 148,146 |
196,952,859
|
* Released at the end of August 2013, thus admissions figures for 2013 are not included here.
It should be noted that Reykjavík art-house cinema Bíó Paradís became a member of FRÍSK in 2015, which means that films that they distributed, and Icelandic documentaries that they screened, are not included in these figures. However, films that they screened that were handled by other domestic distributors are included here.
In addition to narrative features, there were several documentaries and short films, and one TV series, that were released domestically in 2014.
Documentaries
TIME AND TIME AND AGAIN, directed by Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir and Markus Thór Andrésson was released in Bíó Paradís in April.
Holding Hands for 74 Years, directed by Thóra Ásgeirsdóttir, was released in Bíó Paradís during the Reykjavík Shorts&Docs festival in April.
Vive la France, directed by Helgi Felixson and Titti Johnson, premiered in Háskólabíó during the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) in September and then opened in general release at Bíó Paradís in October.
Salóme, directed by Yrsa Roca Fannberg, was released in Bíó Paradís in November.
Glacier Man, directed by Kári G. Schram, was released in Bíó Paradís in November.
Vikingo, directed by Thorfinnur Gudnason, was released in Sambíó in
November.
TV series (fiction)
The
Cliff – Depth of Darkness, directed by Reynir
Lyngdal, was released on RÚV in September.
Short
films
In Search of Livingstone, directed by Vera Sölvadóttir, was released at Bíó Paradís during Reykjavík Shorts&Docs in April.
Ártún, directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, was released in Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Chum, directed by Jörundur Ragnarsson, was released in Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
A Painter, directed by Hlynur Pálmason, was released in Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Sker, directed by Eythór Jóvinsson, was released in Bíó Paradís during Reykjavík Shorts&Docs in April.
Seven Boats, directed by Hlynur Pálmason, was released in Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Sub Rosa, directed by Thóra Hilmarsdóttir, was released in Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Playing With Balls, directed by Nanna Kristín Magnusdóttir, was released in Tjarnarbíó during RIFF in September.
Most of the above titles also traveled to foreign film festivals during the past year. For details, see here.