And may luck be with them: the new "Hunger Games" has been released in cinemas in the Russian Federation.

"Spy Kids" starring Dmitry Nagiyev has lost its leadership at the Russian box office. On the second weekend after the premiere, the tape credited another 11 million rubles to its account and moved to the fifth line of the box office. The first place was taken by the cartoon "Doctor of Dinosaurs", followed by the Japanese thriller "Exit 8". "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds" started from the seventh place of the rating at the domestic box office. Izvestia — the results of the weekend's film distribution.

Adaptation of the video game "Exit 8" in the top box office

Newcomers to the Russian film distribution have displaced the leaders of the previous weekend from the first lines of the box office. The comedy "Spy Kids" with Dmitry Nagiyev recorded another 11 million rubles on its account in the second weekend, according to the EAIS, and dropped from the first line to the fifth. The American action movie "Dispatcher" moved from the second position to the sixth. They were replaced by the domestic cartoon "Doctor Dinosaur", which brought in 48 million in its debut weekend, and the Japanese thriller "Exit 8", which earned about 43 million. The latter, in addition, showed the highest average occupancy of the hall in the top box office - 16 people per session.

Exit 8 is the first video game adaptation to be presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The action takes place in the subway. The main character finds himself trapped in the labyrinths of the subway, which begin to drive him crazy. Every mistake on the way out throws him back to the beginning.

— The film adaptation of the popular game has shown decent results not only at the Russian box office and at home, but also around the world. The game has tremendous virality and high sales, responding to the demand for the phenomenon of liminal spaces, which are actively being explored on the Internet and visual culture in general. There were no similar projects for a young and progressive audience at the weekend, so the film had no one to compete with," Olga Zinyakova, president of the KARO cinema chain, explained in an interview with Izvestia.

On the third line of the rating is another Russian novelty — the fantasy comedy "Family Ghost" starring Nikita Kologrivy as a ghost terrorizing the new residents of his monastery. The tape earned almost 29 million rubles at the start.

The main old man of the box office is still in the top - "To Grandpa's Village" with Yuri Stoyanov. The film has been in the box office for two and a half months. Last weekend, he took the fourth place in the rating, adding about 13 million rubles to his account. The total collections of the painting exceeded the 800 million mark. The plot centers on the confrontation between the grandfather of old concepts and his grandson, a fan of neural networks and modern technologies.

The Hunger Games Prequel in the cinema

The latest "Hunger Games" didn't get off to the best start. The prequel of the series "The Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds" earned only 9 million rubles in the first weekend at the Russian box office and took only the seventh place in the rating. It's probably because fans of the saga have been watching the movie online for a long time. The film, which tells about the youth of Coriolanus Snow, the future despotic president of Panama, was released in 2023. However, even after so long, Olga Zinyakova considers it appropriate to release in Russia.

— The film entered the top ten, so, of course, the fans of the franchise, who had already watched the release at the time of the official release, were able to refresh their impression and watch the film again, but on the big screen, for which it was created. Part of the saga could have collected even more if the release had had time to market itself somehow. Just a little more than a week has passed since the distributor announced the release of the film," she said.

Next year, fans of the saga will see another film in the series, which this time will tell about the youth of Haymitch Abernethy, the winner of the Fifties Hunger Games and Katniss' mentor in the future. By the way, in February 2025, Izvestia exclusively published a fragment of the book that formed the basis of this tape.

Cinema attendance in Russia is still low - about 700,000 viewers per movie weekend. Among the potential leaders of the next weekend is Marius Weisberg's thriller "Down", which can count on at least the huge fan base of Egor Creed, who played one of the main roles. On his own wedding day, his character gets stuck in a skyscraper elevator with his lover, played by Anfisa Chernykh, and a mysterious madman, played by Igor Mirkurbanov. The Korean "Omniscient Reader" and the sports thriller "Weight of Victory" starring Orlando Bloom as a boxer will also compete for the box office.