Sisu became the 10th most watched film in the United States during its premiere weekend with $3.25 million at the box office

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In the Jorma Tommila Sisu movie scene in the wilderness of Lapland, a Nazi patrol in the background.
Sisu’s main character is the lonely Lapland gold digger Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila).

The Finnish film has received a historic reception on the American screens.

According to the Finnish Film Foundation (SES), it is the most widely distributed Finnish film ever in the United States.

The film’s opening weekend grossed $3.25 million, making it the 10th most-watched film in the country, according to the Box Office Mojo website.

On the website Rotten Tomatoes, which collects movie reviews, 93 percent of critics have given Sisu a positive review.

Sisu is about a renegade Finnish soldier who fights against the Nazis for gold treasure during the war in Lapland.

*Edited at 12:46 p.m.: Box office receipts were $3.25 million, not Euros.*