Polish film "Lalka" (The Doll) passes two million cinema admissions in three weeks
Maciej Kawalski's film "Lalka" sold more than two million tickets in Polish cinemas in the three weeks after its premiere, distributor Kino Świat has said. It is one of the best results for a Polish production since the pandemic.
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The new cinema adaptation of Bolesław Prus's novel has passed the threshold of two million viewers in Polish cinemas. The figure was released by the distributor, Kino Świat, and reported by outlets including Filmweb, TVN24 and Rzeczpospolita.
How attendance grew
The film opened in Poland on 30 September 2026. After its first five days, more than 620,000 people had seen it, and it sold a million tickets after about a week and a half. At the end of the second week the distributor gave a figure of around 1.41 million viewers. Two million was reached after three weeks on screen.
The leads are Marcin Dorociński, Kamila Urzędowska and Marek Kondrat. The screenplay was written by Maciej Kawalski and Piotr Sobociński Jr. Co-producers include TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and the Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych studio in Wrocław.
Schools and arthouse cinemas
According to Rzeczpospolita, weekend audiences are mainly individual viewers, while on weekdays many screenings are filled by school groups, as the novel is on the school reading list. The Cinema City chain has launched school bookings for screenings with video introductions. Wirtualna Polska, citing Kinometrics data, notes that the film is doing well in both multiplexes and arthouse cinemas.
When will it be streamed?
The producer says "Lalka" will not appear on any streaming platform in the coming months. TVN24 notes that the final result could be considerably higher than the current figure.
Background: two "Lalkas"
The cinema release came at a time when Poland was also talking a great deal about Netflix's series adaptation of the same novel, directed by Paweł Maślona. Media described it as a "war of the two Lalkas", and commentators suggested the film benefited from the interest in the novel.
What it means for Poles in the UK
The sources do not mention screenings of "Lalka" in UK cinemas or a date for a streaming release. The producer says the film will not reach streaming in the coming months. Those wishing to see it in the UK should check the listings of Polish community cinema events and announcements from the distributor.
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