It turned out to be an octopus: how "Kraken" worked out with Petrov on the first weekend

"Kraken" starring Alexander Petrov topped the Russian box office. The film earned 169 million rubles and shifted the melodrama "Father 2. Grandfather", which has been leading the last two weekends. The Yakut sports drama "Diodorova. Against the current" by Sandal Baishev. The action movie "Flight Through" starring John Hartnett is also at the top. Izvestia summarizes the preliminary results of the national box office over the past weekend.

"Kraken" leads the box office

The leader of the last movie weekend in Russia was "Kraken" starring Alexander Petrov. The film earned 169 million rubles at the box office. In the story, a submarine with a secret weapon on board disappears into the Greenland Sea. A submarine led by Viktor Voronin is sent on a search. This character is played by Petrov, and his partners on the set are Viktor Dobronravov, Alexey Guskov, Sergey Garmash, and Diana Pozharskaya.

"The blockbuster "Kraken" with an impressive starry ensemble and the film's director Nikolai Lebedev, known for the box office hits "The Crew" and "Legend No. 17", has the highest production time, which demonstrates the interest of the audience," Olga Zinyakova, president of the Karo cinema chain, told Izvestia. — Many people celebrated Easter this weekend, so Kraken still has the opportunity to complete the box office, taking into account the relevance of the film and the long May holidays. In the near future, it will have no competitors in terms of scale and audience reach.

The CEO of WantaGroup (film consulting) is also confident that Kraken will be able to prove itself at the box office. Maria Shcherbal. But with important caveats.

— The film has a strong social media slump. Perhaps there is not enough campaign specifically for a young audience, its share is lower than that of other films. I think it's too early to draw any conclusions from the Easter weekend alone, while it looks like the film has good prospects at the box office," she told Izvestia.

"Dad" is still in the top

"Kraken" has shifted the dramedy "Father 2" from the first line of the rating. Grandfather." Ilya Uchitel's tape has been the leader for the past two weekends. Now she occupies the second position with a result of 113 million rubles. The film was released on wide screens on April 3. For the entire rental period, she earned 1.2 billion rubles, becoming the highest-grossing in the career of director Ilya Uchitel. Before that, the palm was held by the "Flying Ship" (1 million rubles). According to last weekend's box office receipts, "Batya 2. Grandfather" is inferior to "Kraken", but the turnout for the paintings is the same — 13 people per session, which does not indicate in favor of "Kraken".

But according to the latter indicator, there is no equal to another painting — "Diodorova. Against the current." She attracted 82 people per session. And the film earned 17 million rubles at the box office, the main part in Yakutia. Anastasia Diodorova is from there, whose story formed the basis of Sandal Baishev's film. The key roles in it were played by Irina Nikiforova, Maria Ivanova, Tatiana Arntholts, Fedot Lvov.

The plot is like this. Anastasia Diodorova lost her hands at the age of three after an incident at a power plant. She inadvertently grabbed the wires, receiving a powerful electric shock. Despite her limited physical abilities, the girl was able to reach heights in swimming among athletes with damage to the musculoskeletal system. So, she became the world and European champion, the honored master of sports of Russia. And in 2008, Anastasia won silver at the Beijing Paralympic Games.

Yakut paintings are becoming more and more visible in the context of Russian cinema, Olga Zinyakova noted.

— They collect a good box office at the box office and receive festival prizes, as well as receive tremendous support from the region, — she listed. — Here is the new sports drama "Diodorova. Against the Current" took the third place in the top of the weekend, but so far it's all a regional success, so in the future it's possible to increase box office receipts by attracting a wider audience.

The fourth place was taken by the film "Flight through" from director James Madigan. The main role in the film was played by John Hartnett, who is familiar to a wide audience from the Trap and Oppenheimer projects. According to the EAIS, the action movie earned 13.4 million rubles at the Russian box office over the past weekend.

John Hartnett plays a former intelligence operative in "The Flight Through." In the story, he receives a task from his ex-boss to track down and neutralize a hacker named Ghost on board the plane. It's not easy to do this. And the main difficulty of the special operation is that the Ghost is being hunted by other thugs. They are all on the same flight as Lucas Reyes, the name of the main character played by Hartnett.

"Everything that concerns you" closes the top 5. The painting earned 9.6 million rubles according to the results of last weekend. In total, the film about the Zveri group brought 52 million rubles to the film screeners.

According to the EAIS, cinema attendance in Russia turned out to be the lowest since October last year — 1.1 million people. Olga Zinyakova is sure that the reason for this was the good weather.

— Plus, many people choose to spend Easter holidays at home, with their family, which also affected the rental, — the president of the Karo cinema chain told Izvestia.

The upcoming weekend will delight the audience with new products. In addition to the film "The Postman", in which Alexander Petrov again plays the main role, the films "Deniskin's Stories" and "It. A new chapter", "Turn me on", "Patrol. Last order", "June and John".