Life in a Fishbowl (Vonarstræti) by Icelandic director Baldvin Z was the most watched and highest-grossing film in Iceland in 2014, earning ISK 70 million (USD 536,000, EUR 455,000).
Close to 48,000 movie-goers watched the film in cinemas in Iceland last year, klapptre.is reports.
In second place on the list was The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which was watched by 40,000 people in its first week of release, at the end of December. Guardians of the Galaxy was in third place while The Secret Life of Walter Mitty placed fourth and Interstellar, which was partly filmed in Iceland too, was also among the top 20.
The second and third most popular Icelandic movies last year were children’s film Algjör Sveppi og Gói bjargar málunum, which placed eighth on the list with a cinema audience of 32,000, and comedy Afinn in 17th place with 15,000 viewers.
No Icelandic film made it to the top 20 in 2013.
Life in a Fishbowl is Iceland’s entry for the 2015 Best Foreign Language Oscar selection.
