Laughter and more: comedy with Yuri Stoyanov topped the Russian box office

For the third week in a row, the comedy with Yuri Stoyanov "To Grandpa's Village" holds the lead in the Russian box office. Last weekend, the film earned about 75 million more rubles and approached half a billion in total fees. On the second line of the rating is "The Materialist" with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. The melodrama brought in about 60 million at the box office. Completing the top 3 is the action movie "Ballerina" in the John Wick universe, which added about 24 million rubles to its account. The best novelty of the weekend was the comedy with Rebel Wilson "Spy Wedding", which collected 20 million in four days. "Izvestia" — on the results of the film distribution last weekend.

"To the village of grandpa" became the leader of the rental

The comedy starring Yuri Stoyanov holds the lead in the Russian box office for the third week in a row. Last weekend, the film brought in about 75 million rubles at the box office, approaching the mark of half a billion in total fees. The story about a troubled teenager, a neural network genius who goes on vacation to his grandfather, aroused more audience interest than foreign releases in the top (for example, the acclaimed "Materialist"), and showed the highest average occupancy of the hall — 15 people per session.

— Family releases are aimed at a wider audience, such comedies as "To Grandpa's Village" are watched by the whole family, including children from 6 years old. The "Materialist", despite the bright promo campaign, is limited to a rating of 18+, you can go to it with your mate or with a friend, but not with the whole family. Plus, the comedy with Yuri Stoyanov is a lighter summer movie, understandable to the Russian audience, about nostalgia for a carefree childhood in the village with his grandparents," Olga Zinyakova, president of the KARO cinema chain, explains the results in an interview with Izvestia.

The melodrama with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans "The Materialist" was placed on the second line of the box office. Last weekend, the tape earned almost 60 million rubles. Thus, the total fees for two weeks at the Russian box office amounted to 200 million rubles. The story centers on professional marriage agent Lucy, who herself, being a confirmed bachelor, finds herself in a love triangle.

Completing the top 3 is "Ballerina" in the "John Wick" universe with Ana de Armas as a mercenary. The fees of the action movie have dropped noticeably — about 24 million rubles for the past film releases, but for the sake of justice it is worth noting that it has been in the domestic box office for four weeks. Below is the Russian cartoon "Three heroes. Not a day without a feat 2". He brought 20 million rubles to the box office.

"Spy Wedding" is the best novelty of the weekend

The best new feature of the weekend was the comedy "Spy Wedding" starring Rebel Wilson. She started from the fifth place of the rating, earning only about 20 million rubles in four days. In the film "What a wedding without a fight", armed mercenaries break into the celebration and the celebration turns into a large-scale battle with explosions and shootings. The reason: the bridesmaid is a spy that the whole world of crime dreams of removing.

— Fewer bright releases are released in the summer, so films with a good sundress are more expensive to rent. "To the Grandfather's Village", "Materialist" and "Ballerina" hold the lead, it's difficult to compete with them, but new releases like "Little Chef" still reached the top 10 and will be able to work for a few more weekends, — Olga Zinyakova noted.

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"Little Chef" took the eighth place in the rating, earning 9 million rubles in its debut weekend. The comedy was directed by the Chizhikov brothers. In the center of the plot is little Ilya, who loves to cook, dreams of becoming a great chef, and in the meantime is trying to find a recipe for family happiness to reconcile his parents. He comes up with a plan: to buy a cafe on wheels and go to Lake Baikal, thus fulfilling the long-held dream of mom and dad, which they abandoned when he was born.

Another novelty in the top is the horror in the style of the "Exorcist Devil" "Ritual", which took the sixth place with 14 million rubles. The main roles were played by Al Pacino and Dan Stevens. Two priests have to put aside their differences in order to perform an exorcism ritual and save a young girl possessed by an evil force.

The low fees are explained by low cinema attendance. Last weekend, it dropped from 1.4 million people to 1 million.

— At the end of June, people actively go on vacation, leave cities, and spend more time in nature. But we are waiting for an increase in attendance, as the weather is not warm, plus there will be something to watch in cinemas," predicts Olga Zinyakova.

In the near future, the sequel to the project "Not alone at Home" with Milana Khametova and Dava will appear at the box office, "The Mistress of the City of Fairy Tales" will be released in the animation segment. The comedy "Plagiarist" by Anton Megerdichev, director of the projects "Heart of Parma" and "Upward Movement", will be presented to a more adult audience, the expert concluded.