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[juni78ukr]

JC had 3free days+1workdayTA has 1free day +3workdaysRussian love fantasy and not Superheroesmedian age 38.7 years (older then the median American with 36.9)

That's all true. And for several days we have simply terrific weather in Ukraine and many regions of Central Russia. In last two days tempreature records have fallen in Moscow. It's hot like in the middle of summer. People are going outside. Many have houses in rural areas and they use small plots of land there for growing fruit and vegetables. That could be another reason for such huge drops and low grosses of new releases.

[Fullbuster]

People are too pessimistic there, but the huge growth of the last years prove I'm right to be optimistic

[juni78ukr]

Those long May holidays in Russia are traditionally famous for going outside, out of the city. And such a good weather right now. It couldn't have been better for holidays. Not so good for movies, of course. It's still April and in my city some people are going to the sea for swimming and bathing. Unbelievable.

[Rudolf]

we have almost 30 degrees here in Vienna too

[Shantal]

Those long May holidays in Russia are traditionally famous for going outside, out of the city. And such a good weather right now. It couldn't have been better for holidays. Not so good for movies, of course. It's still April and in my city some people are going to the sea for swimming and bathing. Unbelievable.

It's the same here, we have 4 days holiday now and the capital is half empty.But using that logic isn't it not so bad to open next weekend, so many people are in the city, even if Saturday is officaly work day. [if it's the same as here, most people are out of the office by 2-3 pm, nobody waits for 5 or 6.]

[Fullbuster]

And when the movies are the most successful? In summer, the hottest days of the year.This weather crap is a total non-sense.

[Shantal]

And when the movies are the most successful? In summer, the hottest days of the year.This weather crap is a total non-sense.

Here I don't agree with you. They are most successful in Summer thanks to the fact that its school holidays.Good weather in Europe in Spring can hurt a movie.

[juni78ukr]

And when the movies are the most successful? In summer, the hottest days of the year.This weather crap is a total non-sense.

It's a common knowledge in Europe, particularly in spring. You see box office numbers for Thursday and Friday. The whole market suddenly died. Battleship sunk, Safe is below last Statham action flicks, Pirates and Street Dance 2 are dead on arrival. Just look at weekend prediction from kinometro. Everything is so much below predicted numbers. Edited April 28, 2012 by juni78ukr

[CJohn]

Usually March is very weak in Portugal because of the good weather.

[Cedarpoint1111]

You guys are expecting big OW for Avengers? 15m big, or 25m big?

[Fullbuster]

If The Avengers doesn"t perform well there, Russians will go down in my estimation

[Rudolf]

Top 50 movies in Russia (1997-2012) in mln RUB and USD.

1. Avatar 3599,860 $119,201

2. Pirates of the Caribbean 4 1782,764 $63,557

3. Shrek Forever After 1579,472 $51,449

4. Puss in Boots 1529,739 $50,030

5. Ice Age 3 1394,353 $44,705

6. Transformers 1265,395 $45,064

7. Alice in Wonderland 1253,508 $42,050

8. The Irony of Fate (Rus) 1222,985 $49,453

9. Madagascar 2 1101,105 $42,011

10. 2012 1052,505 $36,673

11. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. Part 2 1050,656 $37,178

12. John Carter 991,565 $33,567

13. The Twilight Saga. Breaking Dawn. Part1 978,949 $31,743

14. Day Watch (Rus) 919,111 $34,907

15. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 907,780 $28,588

16. Kung Fu Panda 2 899,260 $31,575

17. Admiral 2 (Rus) 876,149 $33,428

18. Vysotskiy (Rus) 867,307 $27,586

19. Yolki 2 836,639 $26,232

20. The Twilight Saga. Eclipse 823,376 $26,424

21. Fast Five 806,952 $29,121

22. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. Part 2 798,675 $25,476

23. Pirates of the Caribbean 3 794,342 $31,799

24. Ivan Tsarevich and The Grey Wolf 787,244 $24,910

25. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 739,642 $28,091

26. Tangled 731,130 $23,366

27. Clash of the Titans 729,600 $24,995

28. Rio 702,581 $24,897

29. Yolki (Rus) 700,942 $22,817

30. How to Train Your Dragon 686,943 $23,534

31. Company 9 682,468 $23,913

32. Megamind 676,723 $22,137

33. The Very Best Film (Rus) 672,643 $27,310

34. Prince of Persia 667,557 $21,294

35. Nasha Russia (Rus) 660,845 $22,258

36. Inception 660,485 $21,719

37. Tron: Legacy 650,280 $21,168

38. Mummy 3 646,113 $27,553

39. The Inhabited Island. Part 1 (Rus) 644,224 $21,920

40. Wrath of Titans 635,830 $21,864

41. Real Steel 627,637 $19,229

42. Wanted 618,056 $19,229

43. Resident Evil: Afterlife 611,761 $19,805

44. Hancock 610,613 $26,083

45. Shrek The Third 602,637 $24,109

46. The Chronicle of Narnia: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader 600,089 $19,075

47. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince 595,428 $18,578

48. Black Lightning (Rus) 595,321 $19,687

49. Taras Bulba (Rus) 575,267 $17,218

50. Tri bogatyrya i shamakhanskaya tsaritsa (RUS) 574,494 $18,923

I tryed to add a visual aid

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to show the distribution of preferences in the russian market

Edited April 29, 2012 by Rudolf

[juni78ukr]

No foreign comedy or pure drama in that list. Probably even in top100. No romantic films without vampires. No musicals. Action, animation, fantasy and sometimes sci-fi.

[Fullbuster]

I tryed to add a visual aid

russian

animated

fantasy

science fiction

action

superhero

to show the distribution of preferences in the russian market

Hancock is the first SH movie in there? So The Avengers will be first soon, impressive

[Fullbuster]

No foreign comedy or pure drama in that list. Probably even in top100. No romantic films without vampires. No musicals. Action, animation, fantasy and sometimes sci-fi.

American Reunion is certainly in the top 100, maybe Bad Teacher too.

BTW, The Avengers is mainly an action movie (yes, never saw so much action in a movie ), so it's good news for The Avengers

[Rudolf]

No foreign comedy or pure drama in that list. Probably even in top100. No romantic films without vampires. No musicals. Action, animation, fantasy and sometimes sci-fi.

And the Russian movies?

Mostly patriotic and historical dramas?

The only Russian movie I ever saw was

Князь Игорь

Edited April 29, 2012 by Rudolf

[Olive]

TA will open around 15m~20m for 4 days,IMO

[Rudolf]

American Reunion is certainly in the top 100, maybe Bad Teacher too.BTW, The Avengers is mainly an action movie (yes, never saw so much action in a movie ), so it's good news for The Avengers

Most movies have action, romance and comedy in a certain measure. Superhero movies for me are where the protagonist wears a funny costume.

[Fullbuster]

Most movies have action, romance and comedy in a certain measure. Superhero movies for me are where the protagonist wears a funny costume.

You know, we remarked something with TA in many countries : it doesn't appeal to comics fan only, but families with kids too, and action-loving people, so it targets a larger audience.You proved Russians aren't big fans of SH movie, it's reality, but The Avengers will surpass the traditional SH movies in Russia because it's more than a SH movie, it's more ambitious too.

[Fullbuster]

TA will open around 15m~20m for 4 days,IMO

I hate to admit it, but $20m OW are unlikely because 3 days will be working days But I expect more than Battleship OW (it performed well : $11m).But it will perform better the next week because more non-working days.