Of course, Vasya: the comedy with Alexander Petrov came in second place at the box office

The movie "Holop. Magnificent Century" - a Turkish adaptation of the comedy Klim Shipenko - topped the Russian box office at the weekend of January 23-26, earning 101.118 million rubles. He breathes in the back of the picture "Vasily" with Alexander Petrov, which recorded on his account 101.078 million rubles. Still in the top 5 box office erotic drama "Bad Girl" c Nicole Kidman, which has already 147 million rubles. Only from the eighth line started a novelty from Steven Soderbergh, the horror "Presence" earned 22 million rubles. At the same time, last week's premieres noticeably pushed back short meters, along with which goes alternative Hollywood - the rating got only two tapes. "Izvestia" summarizes the results of the national box office over the weekend.

"Finist" and "Wizard" lost their positions

The most successful novelty of the Russian box office for the past weekend was a Turkish comedy "Holop. Magnificent Century" with the star of Turkish TV series Kerem Bursin, based on the Russian hit film directed by Klim Shipenko. In the debut weekend, the movie earned 101.118 million rubles, follows from the data of the EAIS. At the same time on attendance movie about the re-education of spoiled major from Istanbul is inferior to its closest pursuer - "Vasily". Adventure comedy, in which the hero of Alexander Petrov goes to Mexico to look for his absentee twin brother, over the weekend watched 228 million viewers, compared to 218 million in the "Holop". At the same time, the lag in the collection of "Vasily" is minimal - the movie earned 101.119 million rubles.

- For the post-holiday period, the Turkish "Kholop" and "Vasily" show good collections and attendance. The popularity of the original "Holop" certainly influenced the success of the Turkish counterpart, but we should not forget about other competitive advantages of the picture: in the title role played by Kerem Bursin, famous for the role of Serkan Bolat in the series "Knock on my door" - commented "Izvestia" the results of the weekend, the president of the network of cinemas "KARO" Olga Zinyakova.

The expert also spoke about the mass thefts from cinemas of cardboard figures with the image of Bursin, which only proves his rabid popularity in Russia.

- "Plus the action of this adaptation is moved to the time of Sultan Suleiman, known to Russian viewers from the series 'The Magnificent Century,'" Zinyakova added.

At the same time, critics note that "Holop. Magnificent Century" is an absolute calaca comedy Shipenko, transferred to the scenery of the Ottoman Empire.

And "Holop. Magnificent Century" and "Basil" pushed to the third and fourth places of the leaders of previous weeks - blockbuster billionaires "Finist. The First Bogatyr" and "The Wizard of Emerald City. The Yellow Brick Road." The first earned over the weekend 91.196 million rubles, the second - 81.369 million rubles. Another leader of the "New Year's battle", the eleventh installment of the franchise "Christmas Trees" closed the EAIS rating, positioned on the 12th line. The movie over the weekend increased its box office by 9 million rubles.

- "Finist" and "Wizard" finally ceded the primacy to alternative releases, but will not disappear from view by next weekend. Despite the third and fourth places in the ranking, these pictures are very close in terms of collections with the rental leaders, and the volume of viewers they have about the same. Interest is high, the sarafan excellent, the collections will continue to grow, - said the president of "KARO".

Closes the top five erotic drama with Nicole Kidman "Bad Girl", in its second weekend in the box office film Halina Rein earned 48.291 million rubles. Total in Russia, the project has earned so far 147 million rubles. The picture is also one of the highest earnings per session - 9.9 thousand rubles. At the same time in the number of sessions "Bad Girl" is inferior - 4.8 thousand for the weekend against 15.7 thousand for the same "Kholop" from Turkey.

"Domovenok Kuzya" - a new billion-dollar movie

The mark of 1 billion rubles in box office receipts including pre-sales last week has overcome the fairy tale "Domovenok Kuzya". Screen version of the novels of Tatiana Alexandrova took 37 days. During the week, the movie dropped from fourth to ninth place, but still boasts a high attendance. The average session of "Domovenka Kuzi" watched about 22 viewers.

Only with the eighth line started in Russia art house horror Steven Soderbergh's "Presence". The movie, where the narrative is conducted on behalf of a ghost, earned in the opening weekend 22 million rubles. The picture did not explode the charts and in the domestic North American box office, but showed a good result for low-budget horror - $3.415 million.

- Soderbergh's new work helped a lot by the lack of direct competition. Despite the positive reviews of critics, the movie is unlikely to stay in the top 10 for long. In the horror genre, next week it could be squeezed out by "Astral. Curse of the Dead", - said Olga Zinyakova.

Against the background of high-profile novelties last week noticeably sagged collections of short films, along with which in the format of pre-screening service shows alternative Hollywood. Tapes "Ale-Alena" and "Edge of Inspiration" took the sixth and tenth lines in the top of the EAIS. Viewers, in particular, may have been deterred by reports that "Nosferatu" Robert Eggers brought to Russia from Kazakhstan with bills. Earlier, Kazakh media wrote that explicit scenes were cut from the movie, despite the age labeling 18+. Izvestia was also convinced that Russian cinemas were showing a cut "Nosferatu".