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I would rather say too many mediocre films at the same time.

I would rather say too many mediocre films at the same time.

Weekend estimates. Terrific 21% increase for Green Book with $2.69 mln total. Russian comedy sequel won again, war drama Save Leningrad came second. Instant Family and The Favourite did ok with $760k and $498k https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-uik-enda-31-yanvarya-3-fevralya-2019-onlayn/

Saturday was a working day. From Sunday to Sunday eight days will be holidays.

It's a bit complicated i suppose. They lost some appeal already in middle and late 80-s. More foreign movies from USA and Western Europe were released and took their place, Indian films were more like cultural exchange, those were more like first commercial releases. Between 1990 and 1997-1998 film distribution almost completely disappeared, 98-99% of movie theaters were closed. Everything started from scratch with different market, different tastes and different society.

Yes, those are official numbers from our archieves. In USSR every town had a movie theater or a screen in a youth club. Even many villages had those. Until recently many towns with 50 000 - 200 000 population didn't have a modern movie theater. The most successful film had more than 90 million admissions. You can find Top1000 list on Russian movie site Kinopoisk. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/top/lists/184/filtr/all/sort/order/perpage/200/ Many western were also very succesful. Especially The Magnificent Seven (67 mln admissions) and Mackenna's Gold (63 mln admissions). Even Italian spagetti westerns and german westerns were huge hits. I was born in 1978 and i have seen some very popular foreign movies in late 80-s. For example King Kong Lives sold only 1.23 mln tickets in USA and 53.6 mln tickets in USSR. Remember seeing two 'Crocodile' Dundee movies, Short Circuit, Enemy Mine and many others.

With 106,3 mln UAH or $3.81 mln Aquaman is the biggest movie ever in Ukraine. The only two other movies with 100 mln+ gross are Avengers: Infinity War (103.1 mln UAH) and Venom (100.52 mln UAH). 1 064 280 admissions. Weekend 24-27 January top 5 1. Glass $264k (-60%) $1.118 mln total 2. Instant Family $254k on 247 screens 3. Creed 2 $168k on 214 screens 4. Second Act $157k on 221 screens 5. Green Book $85k on 69 screens

https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-uik-enda-24-27-yanvarya-2019-onlayn/ Weekend estimates, Glass already passed Split total. $8.7 mln in 11 days, Local comedy easily won, war drama T-34 is now №5 all-time. Excellent start for Green book, not bad for Serenity and Astral. Also terrific Saturday gross for BTS: Love Yourself Tour in Seoul. Almost 800k with 120 people per show.

Thursday estimates. Glass grossed 62.5 mln RUB or $936k. 49% better than Split. Around $5 mln for the weekend. Mary Queen of Scots and Asterix did ok. Among holdovers Russian war drama T-34 will pas 2 billion RUB tomorrow. More than $30 mln even with pretty bad exchange rates. Last Saturday Grinch passed billion RUB. Pretty good legs after mediocre start. https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-chetverga-17-01-2019-onlayn/

I remember a year ago famous russian director and producer said me that you won't get your money from China. Grosses there are mostly for bragging rights only. Don't know how much of that is really true or not,

Local movies dominate on New Year day with 75% market share. The best among foreign are Grinch with 46.5 mln RUB or $665k and Aquaman with 31.5 mln RUB or $453k. Aquaman offici;ally passed billion RUB with 1028 mln RUB or $15.5 mln (Russia and Belarus only). Grinch is up to 538.5 mln RUB or $8.1 mln The number one movie was a russian war drama T-34 with 118 mln RUB or $1.7 mln

Had only some special screenings with no boxoffice reported. Thursday numbers. Aquaman will pass billion RUB soon. $14.2 mln total so far. Grinch after a weak start has good legs. https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-chetverga-27-12-2018-onlayn/

All official numbers for Warner Bros, movies in CIS include only Russia and Belorussia. So Aquaman grossed around 27.2 mln RUB on Thursday in Russia and Belorussia (official numbers) and 34,2 mln including other CIS countries (unofficial).

Pretty good Sunday. Our updated estimates Aquaman 527.4 mln RUB or $7.96 mln Bumblebee 186 mln RUB or $2.99 mln Spoder-Man Into the Spider-Verse 154 mln RUB or $2,47 mln The Nutcracker and The Four Realms 118 mln RUB or $1.9 mln 2nd weeend, 357.6 mln RUB or $5.38 mln total The Grinch 104 mln RUB or $1,67 mln Mortal Engines 68.3 mln RUB or $1.03 mln 2nd weekend with 75% drop 407,6 mln RUB or $6.13 mln total 40% better start than Justice League and on par with Batman vs Superman

Poor Grinch suffered the most. Two local animated movies will be released on New Year Holidays and apparently their producers want no competition from Hollywood.

Last weekend actuals. https://kinobusiness.com/kassovye_sbory/weekend/2018/09.12.2018/usd/ Pretty decent start for Mortal Engines with 274,3 mln RUB or $4.11 mln. Word of mouth is mediocre though. Will drop very hard this week, Not bad for The Nutcracker with 189,8 mln RUB of $2,74 mln in 2 days, Very rare Saturday opening. Ralph Breaks the Internet added $1.26 mln with 61% drop. 803,6 mln RUB or $12,22 mln total. Robin Hood dropped by 70% but $3.85 mln is the best total among all foreign markets, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald grossed $527k in 4th weekend. 1548.1 mln RUB or $23.19 mln total. №23 all-time, The House That Jack Built did well in moderate release. $469k in 310 screens including previews.

Last weekend actuals https://kinobusiness.com/kassovye_sbory/weekend/2018/02.12.2018/usd/ Ralph Breaks the Internet won again but with much harder drop than Coco or Moand. Still 47% is an acceptable decline. $3,24 mln 2nd weekend and $10.39 mln total. Robin Hood opened on par with 2010 movie. $2.47 mln is the best opening weekend among all countries. FB2 dropped again harder than FB. On Sunday passed its final gross with 1485 mln RUB Thusrday estimates https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-chetverga-06-12-2018-onlayn/ Mortal Engines easily keads with $597k and 53% market share. $3.5-3.8 mln OW. 54% drops Ralph Breaks the Internet and 59% for FB2. Not bad for both. 71% for Robin Hood. The House That Jack Built started pretty well. Opening weekend should be around $400-450k in 223 theaters. Bohemian Rhapsody passed today billion RUB. 999.4 mln RUB or $15.26 mln after Thursday

Weekend estimates https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-uik-enda-22-25-noyabrya-2018-onlayn/ Ralph Breaks the Internet improved by 146% compared to Ralph. 405,5 mln RUB or $6.17 mln. Will pass Ralph total (462.3 mln RUB) on Wednesday. 2nd best opening for Disney/Pixar after Zootopia (568.6 mln RUB). The Crimes of Grindewald dropped much harder than the first FB movie. 64% vs 53%. $4,38 mln second weekend and 1310 mln RUB or $19.63 mln total. 17% above FB vs 27% after opening weekend. Bohemian Rhapsody is still holding amazingly well. $1.01 mln 4th weekend with only 43% drop, 923 mln RUB or $14.09 mln total, Will pass billion RUB eventually. Who would have thought that? So-so start for Widows ($590k), ok for Upgrade ($485k) and Night School ($201k), weak opening for Assasination Nation ($167k)

https://kinobusiness.com/kassovye_sbory/weekend/2018/18.11.2018/usd/ Last week actuals. Ablosutely terrific start for FB2. 27% increase from the first movie. 840,4 mln RUB or $12.59 mln. 8th OW all-time because its distributor report numbers only from Russia and Belarus. Including other CIS countries would be 5th OW all-time. Also 5th OW for Russia only. https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-chetverga-22-11-2018-onlayn/ Thursday numbers. Again excellent for Ralph. Opening weekend might beat first movie total (462,3 mln RUB). 2nd best Disney/Pixar start after Zootopia. Ok drop for FB2, Bohemian Rhapsody is still holding well.

Thursday numbers https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-chetverga-15-11-2018-onlayn/ 141 mln RUB or $2,07 mln Fantastic Beasts 2. 4th best OD this year, 2nd best for Warner Bros. +34% increase compared to first movie.

Early Thursday numbers 1. FB 2 138-139 mln RUB or $2.03 mln +32-33% compared to FB 2. Bohemian Rhapsody 13.7 mln RUB or $200k

8-11 November Weekend actuals https://kinobusiness.com/kassovye_sbory/weekend/2018/11.11.2018/usd/ Terrific hold for Bohemian Rhapsody. Probably the best ever for a major hollywood movie in a non-holiday weekend. Only 12% drop with $9.67 mln total and 2.21 mln admissions. A Billion rub is tough but not impossible. Ok numbers for The Girl in The Spider Web ($1.35 mln) and Overlord ($1.33 mln including previews). At least compared to other countries. Russia is currently the best foreign market for both. Venom moved to 6th all-time with 2143.74 mln RUB or $32.36 mln. 8 142 294 admissions. Already the best ever comic book movie in admissions. 19 mln RUB behind Infinity War in gross.

Weekend estimates https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-uik-enda-1-4-noyabrya-2018-onlayn/ Venom already passed Infinity War in admissions (8.02 mln vs 7.85 mln) but still a bit behind in gross. 2116 mln RUB or $31.95 mln including Monday. In Ukraine Venom is already №2 all-time with 97.6 mln UAH or $3.42 mln. 1 034 278 admissions. Very nice hold for Smallfoot with only 12% drop, excellent start for Bohemian Rhapsody on par with The Greatest Showman. 350 mln RUB or $5,33 mln including Monday. Goosebumps 2 opened 28% better than first film in 2015.

Weekend actuals. Nice start for Smallfoot. $2.67 mln OW and $3.66 mln with previews. Already beat all previous WB animation movies. Russian war drama Indestructible opened on second with $1.46 mln. Replicas also did pretty well with $1.04 mln https://kinobusiness.com/kassovye_sbory/weekend/2018/28.10.2018/usd/ Thursday numbers. https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-chetverga-02-11-2018-onlayn/ Bohemian Rhapsody will gross excellent $3.6-3.7 mln with previews. Venom passed on Sunday 2 billion RUB. 2058 mln RUB or $31.06 mln and still going.

Last weekend actuals. Venom moved to №7 all-time with $28.35 mln. Halloween started pretty good with $1.81 mln https://kinobusiness.com/kassovye_sbory/weekend/2018/21.10.2018/usd/ Thursday numbers. Smallfoot will win this weekend with around $2.6-2.7 mln. Venom will pass 2 billion RUB on Sunday or Monday. $29,28 mln by now. https://kinobusiness.com/news/kassa-chetverga-25-10-18-onlayn/