#1 of 12 2008 · Crime, War
$15.4M worldwide · 45% of the chart's total
Max Manus: Man of War (2008) is the highest-grossing Norwegian-language movie released in 2008, with $15.4M worldwide, ahead of The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008) at $5M and Cold Prey II (2008) at $3.5M. 12 Norwegian-language films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $34.4M in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 15% on 2007, whose releases took $29.9M. By genre, History leads with $20.4M across 2 Norwegian releases.
#1 of 12 2008 · Crime, War
$15.4M worldwide · 45% of the chart's total
Max Manus: Man of War (2008) leads with $15.4M, 45% of the total. The top 5 together took $28.5M, 83% of what all 12 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2008.
Dec 18, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.4M
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5M
Oct 9, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M
Feb 15, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Aug 29, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M
Feb 15, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M
Jan 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
Feb 29, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $961.4K
Oct 17, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $241.3K
Oct 3, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $212.8K
Sep 29, 2008 US and Canada: $4.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.3K None of the 12 films reached $100M. 11 films, 92% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $34.4M total.
December releases took the most, $15.4M from 1 film, led by Max Manus: Man of War (2008). September was the quietest month ($4.3K). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
Of these 10 years, 2008 earned the most: $34.4M from 12 films, led by Max Manus: Man of War (2008).
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2000 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2001 1 film | 1 | $3.1K | – | Cool and Crazy (2001) $3.1K |
| 2002 8 films · +199383% | 8 | $6.2M | +199383% | I Am Dina (2002) $2.7M |
| 2003 10 films · +109% | 10 | $13M | +109% | Mother’s Elling (2003) $3.4M |
| 2004 9 films · +8% | 9 | $14M | +8% | Uno (2004) $3.2M |
| 2005 11 films · −18% | 11 | $11.5M | −18% | Love Me Tomorrow (2005) $3.3M |
| 2006 8 films · +40% | 8 | $16.1M | +40% | Cold Prey (2006) $3.9M |
| 2007 10 films · +86% | 10 | $29.9M | +86% | Once Upon a Time in Norway (2007) $10.6M |
| 2008 12 films · +15% | 12 | $34.4M | +15% | Max Manus: Man of War (2008) $15.4M |
History took $20.4M across 2 films, 59% of the total, ahead of Crime ($17.4M) and Action ($16.3M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
Every year from 1974 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2013 leads with $45.5M, led by Kon-Tiki (2013).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 12 films as the chart.
Max Manus: Man of War (2008) leads with $15.4M worldwide. Next come The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008) at $5M and Cold Prey II (2008) at $3.5M.
12 Norwegian-language films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $34.4M in all, or $2.9M per film on average. 2007 releases took $29.9M.
None. The biggest, Max Manus: Man of War (2008), earned $15.4M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2008. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.