Bear fight: Russian releases are coming on the heels of "Paddington"

The continuation of the adventures of the polite bear with such a run-up will earn a billion dollars at the Russian box office by New Year's Eve, experts say. So far, "Paddington 3" ended the weekend with 139 million rubles. On the second position of the national box office - New Year's project "Stars in Siberia" with Buzova, Svetlakov and Klava Koka. Their 72 million rubles is the best start among Russian pictures. Do not discount and animated comedy "Masha and the Bear in the movie: Park of Miracles." 44 million rubles allowed the cartoon to knock out of the top five leaders "Manyunya: Adventures in the village. "Izvestia" - on the results of the movie theater rental last weekend.

"Paddington" out of competition

It was difficult to compete with the cute comedy "The Adventures of Paddington 3" this weekend. The bear in the red hat and blue coat crowded the competitors last week and kept the lead this week. True, if for the first weekend Paddington earned 243.4 million, in the second weekend more than a hundred less - 139.1 million rubles. But the movie has prolonged demand. This is evidenced by the results of pre-sales. Viewers paid 11 million rubles for tickets in advance to be sure to see Paddington's journey to his homeland, to the jungles of Peru, where thickets of orange trees and Aunt Lucy are waiting. But it seems that the overseas beast has a domestic competitor.

- For the second week in a row "Paddington" is expected to lead the top of the Russian box office, the mark of half a billion it can overcome the third weekend - commented "Izvestia" box-office results president of the network of cinemas "KARO" Olga Zinyakova. - The only serious competitor of the British bear now - "Masha and the Bear", this cartoon takes away from "Paddington" a third of the box office, it is a struggle between two very popular brands in Russia. However, the rental leader still surpasses the other releases in terms of earnings.

The sequel to the animated film "Masha and the Bear at the movies. Wonder Park" - not a short film plus "bonuses", but a full-fledged story about how Masha, Dasha and Bear go to the attractions, where a fabulous dragon is waiting for them.

- "Masha and the Bear" - a recognizable brand that works for the family audience, - says Olga Zinyakova. - The cartoon has excellent potential: despite the rather modest for such a project result of 43 million rubles in the first weekend, the animation can work for a long time. For comparison, you can look at the start of the full meter of the most popular franchise "Three Cats", the result in the first weekend plus or minus similar. However, "Masha and the Bear" is unlikely to catch up with Paddington in the run-up to the New Year releases - the competition is too high.

The bear stepped on: "Paddington 3" topped the box office in Russia

The movie earned a quarter of a billion, which is already above the launch figures of the previous installments

If so many stars shoot

On the second position, the premiere of the comedy "Stars in Siberia". This is a project of the studio SVERDLOVSK Sergei Svetlakov. The story of how show business stars instead of an expensive corporate party find themselves in a Siberian village, started with 73 million rubles. This is not so much in comparison with the start of melodrama "Love of the Soviet Union", which in the first weekend collected 160 million. The movie has been in the top of the leaders for five weeks. However, has now descended to the fifth line of the EAIS rating with 32 million rubles. The total box office of the film, created by Nikita Vysotsky, Ilya Lebedev, Dmitry Iosifov, is 571 million rubles.

- "Stars in Siberia" - a New Year's project with a bright cast: Dmitry Malikov, Klava Koka, Sergei Svetlakov, Timur Batrutdinov and Olga Buzova, - commented Olga Zinyakova. - A movie with a winter theme and such a high-profile cast has good potential and will run all holidays. The bright start of the movie "Love of the Soviet Union" is also associated with a large-scale marketing campaign. The movie does perform decently for five weeks, but it will be hard to reach a billion due to serious competition in the "New Year's Eve battle".

The fourth place in the weekly ranking is the comedy "One Day in Istanbul" from "Quartet I". Leonid Barats, Rostislav Khait, Kamil Larin, Alexander Demidov played friends who decided to go on a weekend trip to the sea on the yacht of their buddy - businessman Vadim. But immediately upon arrival in Turkey it turns out that he died. Vadim's assistant offers to memorialize the boss on the already booked yacht during a cruise along the Bosphorus. The mournful event unexpectedly turns into a fun day of reminiscing. The movie lost its audience over the second weekend, but earned 37 million.