After years of cutbacks and uncertainty, there is a new surge of optimism running through the Dutch industry.
This is being driven by the Government’s announcement late last year of a new €20m cash rebate fund and by the increasingly robust performance of Dutch films at the local box office.
Speaking during the Iffr, Doreen Boonekamp, CEO of Netherlands Film Fund, confirmed that Dutch films had a 20.5% market share in 2013, up from 15.8% in 2012.
Several local films were box office successes last year.
“Usually, the bigger market share (for Dutch films) is caused by one or two titles. Last year, there were a lot of films that attracted more visitors,” Boonekamp pointed out.
Among the 2013 local hits were nature documentary The New Wilderness, which sold well over 400,000 tickets, romantic comedy Soof (which made more than $6m at the local box office), kids’ movie Mees Kees op kamp and box-office phenomenon Loving Ibiza ,which ranked fifth in the...
This is being driven by the Government’s announcement late last year of a new €20m cash rebate fund and by the increasingly robust performance of Dutch films at the local box office.
Speaking during the Iffr, Doreen Boonekamp, CEO of Netherlands Film Fund, confirmed that Dutch films had a 20.5% market share in 2013, up from 15.8% in 2012.
Several local films were box office successes last year.
“Usually, the bigger market share (for Dutch films) is caused by one or two titles. Last year, there were a lot of films that attracted more visitors,” Boonekamp pointed out.
Among the 2013 local hits were nature documentary The New Wilderness, which sold well over 400,000 tickets, romantic comedy Soof (which made more than $6m at the local box office), kids’ movie Mees Kees op kamp and box-office phenomenon Loving Ibiza ,which ranked fifth in the...
- 1/28/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
2013 was another treat for the Dutch industry as box office revenue in the Netherlands continued to tick up, beating 2012's near-record levels to finish at $340 million (€249.3 million) with admissions increasing 0.8 percent. Hollywood fare dominated the market, led by The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, which has grossed more than $11 million in the territory. But Dutch films held their own, carving out a 20.5 percent share of the market. Top local hits were the comedy Loving Ibiza, which earned around $8 million, and the documentary The New Wilderness, which came in at
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