The Hungarian audience was excited by a Hungarian film, mostly from Netflix. Zoltán Seress, Jr. Blokád, starring Attila Vidnyánszky, Tibor Gáspár, Ildikó Tóth and Zsolt Végh, debuted in cinemas last October, and was also uploaded to Netflix on March 22 this year.
Blokád was added to Netflix's offer on March 22, and is currently the most viewed film in the streaming platform's offer in Hungary, the National Film Institute announced .
The prime minister, who is recovering from his operation, is thoughtful, but fights for democracy to the extreme. And through his reminiscences, we get to know Antall's youth, his work as a teacher in the 1950s, and his role in the 1956 revolution.
Blokád debuted in Hungarian cinemas on October 20, 2022, and was among the ten most popular films for five weeks.
According to the NFI data, it became the most watched Hungarian film drama, among the domestic productions, only the comedies had more people buying tickets.
On the weekend of its premiere, Blokád was in third place on the viewing list of Hungarian cinemas, and in the second weekend, most people bought tickets for this production in Hungary. In the next two or three weeks, it was still among the top ten films, and only then did interest in it decline more spectacularly.
According to Box Office Mojo data, Blokád generated almost HUF 99 million in cinemas.
The Hungarian state contributed one and a half billion forints to the film. Almost 58,000 people bought tickets for it, and it was shown in cinemas for 22 weeks.
Source: VG.hu
Author: PAR
Photo: Aniko Kovács
