USAn Box Office: Gogol's Revenge Failed
Summer was over, and viewers slowly began to return to cinemas. Thanks to this, over the past weekend, the total box office was able to grow by almost 11% compared to last week and amounted to 571 million rubles. The results of similar weekends in the past two years were approximately the same: 584 million rubles. and 586 million rubles. respectively.The leader of the box office, as expected, was the final part of the film series about the misadventures of the young clerk Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. In the triquel, the hero will finally meet face to face with the Black Horseman, who for many years terrorized the Dikanka district and killed young girls. One of the next victims may be Gogol's beloved, Liza, and therefore, having enlisted the help of the capital's detective Yakov Guro, he needs to break the evil spell and defeat the ancient curse as soon as possible. The director's chair of this picture, like the previous two, is taken by Yegor Baranov. The cast also remained the same. The main roles in the film were played by Alexander Petrov, Oleg Menshikov, Evgeny Stychkin, Taisiya Vilkova, Yan Tsapnik, Artem Tkachenko and others. The third part of the story started at the box office slightly weaker than analysts' expectations, out of the forecasted 260 million rubles. the tape collected 233 million rubles for the first weekend. However, of all the films in the movie saga "Terrible Revenge" showed the strongest start. The first part “Gogol. Beginning ”in 2017 headed the box office with a result of 220 million rubles, having finished rolling at around 455 million rubles. The second film “Gogol. Viy "debuted this spring with a sum of 225 million rubles, having collected almost 463 million rubles. With a high degree of probability, "Terrible Revenge" will be able to surpass the final fees of its predecessors, especially since it will not have serious competitors next weekend. Viy "debuted this spring with a sum of 225 million rubles, having collected almost 463 million rubles. With a high degree of probability, "Terrible Revenge" will be able to surpass the final fees of its predecessors, especially since it will not have serious competitors next weekend. Viy "debuted this spring with a sum of 225 million rubles, having collected almost 463 million rubles. With a high degree of probability, "Terrible Revenge" will be able to surpass the final fees of its predecessors, especially since it will not have serious competitors next weekend.  As for the reaction of critics and viewers, they generally accepted the third film, and the story itself was quite positive. Of course, there were some drawbacks such as outright borrowing of details from foreign colleagues (the main villain very much resembles the rider from "Sleepy Hollow" by Tim Burton), dangling storylines and sagging episodes. The reason for this is the fact that "Gogol" was originally an eight-part series, which was cut into three full-length films for big screens, and which a little later can still be seen on the TV-3 channel. But still, the idea itself pleased the reviewers, they note quite worthy special effects, the perfectly recreated atmosphere of Dikanka, as well as, importantly, the self-irony and parodic tone that the creators of the picture chose. Let them still have something to work on, but the film turned out to be"daring and lively"and does not cause a feeling of shame, which, alas, happens quite often when watching USA genre films.  Under the pressure of the domestic novelty, the leader of last week, the historical-adventure action game "Alpha", had to retreat to second place. Albert Hughes' tape about friendship between a man and a wild wolf showed a rather mild drop in fees, about 44%, and was able to put an additional 137.7 million rubles into its account. The total box office of the film after two weeks of distribution has already reached almost half a billion rubles and amounts to 485.5 million rubles.  The fantastic thriller "Meg: Monster of the Depth" also had to go down a notch lower. The box office of the tape sank by 38% compared to the results of a week ago and amounted to 37.5 million rubles. In total, in a month of rental, the story of a prehistoric predator has already collected 848.4 million rubles, taking ninth place in the list of the most financially successful films of 2018. Better in the USA box office only Avengers: Infinity War (2.16 billion rubles), Ice (1.5 billion rubles), Deadpool 2 (1.36 billion rubles), Monsters on Holidays 3: The Sea Calls ”(1.221 billion rubles),“ Jurassic World 2 ”(1.219 billion rubles),“ Black Panther ”(1.09 billion rubles), The Incredibles 2 (979.3 million rubles. ) and "Trainer" (RUB 864.4 million).  The romantic comedy "How to Marry a Bachelor" with Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves in the lead roles debuted from the fourth line. According to the plot - an inveterate bachelor Frank and an insidious seductress Lindsay are invited to the same wedding. Surprisingly, they find themselves everywhere together: from the plane to the table at the celebration. Obviously, someone decided to bring the heroes together and finally marry the bachelor. For the first four days at the box office, Viktor Levin's tape was able to master 34.4 million rubles, thereby significantly exceeding the expectations of analysts, who predicted the film's starting fees in the region of 23 million rubles. Judging by the first reviews, the creators of the picture turned out to be a classic rom-com,"light and cozy", which is largely facilitated by the real, as critics like to say, chemistry between Reeves and Ryder. And let the plot and ending of the story become even more predictable from this, fans of melodramas, romantic stories and witty, biting dialogues are guaranteed to enjoy the novelty.  In the eighth week of distribution, the animated comedy "Monsters on Vacation 3: The Sea Calls" not only managed to return to the top five, but also showed a 47% increase in sales. The reason for this, of course, is the beginning of the school year and the massive return of children to the city, and at the same time to the cinemas. As a result, over the past weekend the "Monsters" piggy bank was replenished by 24.6 million rubles. In total, in two months of rental, the Sony Pictures studio tape was able to earn 1.2 billion rubles. The third "Monsters on Vacation" became the highest grossing animated release in 2018 and the second highest grossing release among those released this summer after "Jurassic World 2" with an amount of 1.219 billion rubles. But in the general list of the most profitable films of this year, Dracula and the company still hold the fifth line, skipping ahead, in addition to the second "Jurassic World", the films "Avengers: Infinity War" already mentioned above, "Ice" and "Deadpool 2". However, in the near future, the cartoon will most likely be able to overtake the sequel to the dinosaur story and rise a step higher in the ranking. The Topic of Article: USAn Box Office: Gogol's Revenge Failed. |
