 The film first earned $337,391 (28,500 viewers) on its first weekend, surpassing "The Grump", and became the highest-grossing film during its first two weekends in Finland.In an October 2014 blog article at Screendaily, Sophia Jansson stated that the film's "artistic team has made an effort to be true to the original drawings and the original text", and it is hinted that Jansson is now in discussions with various parties for a new, similarly animated television series.This has led to the upcoming 2019 television series Moominvalley.