Boxing office in USA: the audience did not let the ice melt
The box office receipts of the last winter weekend, which coincided with the celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day, amounted to about 1.14 billion rubles, an increase of more than 35% compared to last weekend. Much credit for this result belongs to the two USA films that headed the box office, which accounted for half of the total amount earned.The sports melodrama "Ice" defended its leadership last weekend. The film showed a minimal drop in fees - only 15%. For the second weekend, viewers brought an additional 400 million rubles to the picture's piggy bank, and thus the romantic story about figure skaters with Aglaya Tarasova and Alexander Petrov in the lead roles was able to overcome the coveted billion dollar mark. Now the tape already has 1.091 billion rubles on its account, which allowed it to get into the top ten highest-grossing domestic films in the entire modern history of our distribution and take ninth place in it, overtaking last year's "Attraction", which earned 1.073 billion rubles all the time.  Another USA film, the continuation of the adventures of merry friends from the "Quartet I", made its debut with a big lead over the leader from the second line. This time the heroes of Leonid Barats, Alexander Demidov, Kamil Larin and Rostislav Khait went to St. Petersburg, and they while away the time on the journey, as usual, talking. "Quartet I" has a good reputation and continues to steadily attract viewers to cinemas, besides, fans have already missed the humorous four, because the last film of the franchise was released in 2011. The third part showed itself much better at the start than its predecessors. So, the film "What Men Talk About" in 2010 earned 93 million rubles on the premiere weekend, the sequel a year later received 121 million rubles, but "What Men Talk About. Continuation "has already mastered 205 million rubles at the start, twice exceeding its production budget of 100 million rubles. In total, the previous films in the series managed to collect 359 million rubles at the box office. and 565 million rubles. accordingly, so given the start of the triquel, it is likely that he could earn even more than 560 million. As for the audience, they accepted the new creation of the Quartet I generally favorably, although there were some drawbacks like intrusive advertising and the apparent fatigue of the main characters from everything that was happening. though there were some drawbacks like intrusive advertising and the apparent fatigue of the main characters from everything that happens. though there were some drawbacks like intrusive advertising and the apparent fatigue of the main characters from everything that happens.  Despite the fact that "Black Panther" is still not allowed to roam in full force in the USA box office, the new blockbuster of the Marvel Cinematic Universe managed to retain its third line in the financial rating. If last week Ryan Kugler's film was launched only in the CIS countries, then this week the screenings began in USA, however, so far only in premium formats. As a result, the story of T'Challa, performed by Chadwick Boseman, earned 156 million rubles in the second weekend, and in total, 225 million rubles are already in the picture's piggy bank.  Fourth place with a result of 78 million rubles. took the American detective comedy "Games of the Night", starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams. In the story, a young couple, Annie and Max, participate in detective role-playing games every week. But one day, Max's brother, who organized the next quest, is kidnapped in the midst of the event. Gamblers rush to solve the puzzle, but suddenly find themselves drawn into a truly life-threatening game. The premiere results of the film were slightly lower than the expected amount of 100 million rubles, but at the level of another project by the creators of Games Night, John Francis Daly and Jonathan M. Goldstein, the hooligan comedy Horrible Bosses 2. In 2014, the film was able to earn 79 million rubles at the start, and then it collected about 161 million rubles. Quite possible, that the same amount will be submitted to the "Night Games". A positive "sundress" certainly should play into the hands of the film. Critics and viewers alike praise the successful combination of detective, thriller and comedy, note the cast, humor, as well as a captivating and dynamic plot that never gets bored for a second.  On the fifth line is another domestic novelty of the past week - the film "Frontier", which is a symbiosis of military drama and adventure fantasy. The picture with Pavel Priluchny in the title role tells the story of a young cynical businessman who, thanks to a thing found at the excavations that belonged to a soldier who died in the Great Patriotic War, is transported into the past and ends up on the Nevsky Patch, where the battles for Leningrad took place. The film started noticeably weaker than expectations, neither patriotic themes, nor the premiere on the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day helped it. Analysts predicted "Rubezh" fees in the region of 110 million rubles. But the film with a budget of 300 million rubles. managed to collect in the first weekend at the box office only 65 million rubles. Reviewers, although they note the correct message and touching moments of the tape, but still complain about too much CGI, poor script, crumpled plot and secondary story. Viewers have already seen something similar in another war film ten years ago - "We are from the future." The Topic of Article: Boxing office in USA: the audience did not let the ice melt. |
