The siege has been lifted: "Evil City" topped the box office in Russia

Historical drama "Evil City" by Konstantin Buslov about the defense of Kozelsk during the Mongol invasion of Russia topped the domestic box office on the weekend of January 30 - February 2. The film earned 138.5 million rubles. Second place at the comedy "Holop. Magnificent Century", but the amount of collections is half as much - 57 million rubles. In the top three still holds "Finist. The first bogatyr", fairy tale blockbuster on increased its box office by 50 million rubles. "Izvestia" - on the preliminary results of the national box office over the weekend.

"Evil City" pushed back the Turkish "Holop"

The most successful release of the past weekend was a new movie by Konstantin Buslov "Evil City". Historical tape with Alexei Guskov and Alexander Metelkin earned for four days of distribution 138.5 million rubles, according to EAIS. Buslov screened the real events of March 1238, when the small Kozelsk for two months fought off the attacks of 10,000 troops of the Golden Horde. Standing on the way of Batyi Khan, the town fought with the forces of 300 warriors to the end, after which the leader of the conquerors ordered to forget its name forever and henceforth to call it the Evil City.

"Evil City" also boasts the highest attendance for the weekend. The tape was watched by 318.4 thousand viewers. But due to this figure including a large number of sessions given to this movie - 21 thousand For comparison, the nearest pursuer of the leader - the Turkish adaptation of "Holop" - 9 thousand But the picture is already in the rental two weeks.

- "Evil City" - a high-budget historical action with famous actors from the creator of "Kalashnikov" and "1941. Sky over Berlin" Konstantin Buslov. Collections novelty at the start twice exceeded the final results of similar releases of the director, and hire will last until the end of February and thanks to the holiday date will allow you to stay on the top lines of the rating, - told "Izvestia" president of the network of cinemas "KARO" Olga Zinyakova.

The popularity of the original "Kholop" directed by Klim Shipenko, undoubtedly influenced the success in Russia of its Turkish adaptation. "Holop. The Magnificent Century" with a well-known in our country actor Kerem Bursin took the first line of the EAIS rating, but in the second week of rental gave up the leadership. In the period from January 30 to February 2, the comedy earned 57 million rubles, half as much as "Evil City". The attendance of the Turkish "Holop" is also half as much - 124.5 thousand people.

- Turkish "Holop" showed the result within expectations, the earnings of the picture is good (6.3 thousand rubles per session. - Ed.), indicating the interest of viewers. But a powerful competitor in the form of a large-scale military action movie has affected some decline in collections of the picture, - added Zinyakova.

"Finist" continues its successful flight

Still in third place holds the fairy tale blockbuster "Finist. The first bogatyr." The picture is in the leaders of the Russian box office, starting with the New Year holidays. Over the weekend, the film earned 50 million rubles, but continues to show high earnings - 8.3 thousand rubles per session. The cumulative box office of the prequel franchise "The Last Bogatyr" has already exceeded 2.6 billion rubles.

From the second to fourth place dropped another high-profile novelty last week - comedy "Vasily" about the Mexican adventures of the hero Alexander Petrov. Over the past weekend tape director Dmitry Litvinenko earned 47 million rubles. Closes the top five rating another fairy tale holdover: "The Wizard of the Emerald City. Yellow Brick Road" over the weekend increased its box office by 46.6 million rubles.

The Russian comedy "Lottery" with Alexei Serebryakov, Anna Mikhalkova, Irina Rozanova and Evgeny Kulik started in the box office with the seventh line. The movie earned 27.5 million rubles, but showed the lowest average occupancy of the hall - six people per session. Overtake "Bad Girl" has not yet succeeded, the erotic drama Halina Raine with Nicole Kidman in the title role about 30 million over the weekend and sixth place. Total collections of the picture in Russia are approaching 200 million rubles, "Bad Girl" also showed the highest earnings among feature films for last weekend - 12.2 thousand rubles.

Foreign and alternative releases

Another novelty - the animated film "Chiara: Path of Destiny" - began its distribution from the tenth place in the chart. The tape absorbed 15.5 million rubles in four days. Indonesian horror "Astral. Curse of the Dead" for the debut weekend earned 14.8 thousand rubles and is located on the eleventh line. Closed the rating of the 12 best films according to EAIS screen adaptation of "Domovenka Kuzi", the tape, whose fees have already crossed a billion, increased them by 14.5 million rubles. In terms of average occupancy of the movie theater "Kuzya" showed the best result - 22 people per session.

Not slumbering and shadow distribution of Hollywood novelties. Still among the leaders here short meters "Ale-Alena" and "Edge of Inspiration. They took the eighth and ninth lines, respectively. According to Olga Zinyakova, alternative distribution affects the dynamics of collections of official pictures, but given that these releases did not even get to the top 5, changes in the overall picture is minimal.

The expert also noted that the decline in attendance, which can be characterized by the past rental week - a natural situation for the period after the "New Year's battle". The growth of attendance in cinemas is expected closer to the holiday weekend in February, but it is possible that the first surge will be the next week. In the cinema viewers will be lured by Oscar nominee Yura Borisov: February 14 will be released on the screens of the musical biopic "The Prophet", where the actor played the poet Alexander Pushkin.