The fees of the film "Pinocchio" for the first day of rental exceeded 226 million rubles.

The collections of the Russian film "Pinocchio", which was released on January 1, exceeded 226 million rubles in the first day of rental. This is January 2, according to the data of the Unified Federal Automated Information System for Recording Film Screenings.

Interest in the film turned out to be so high that tickets for many of the screenings were bought by the audience in advance.

The plot of the film "Pinocchio" by Igor Voloshin is based on a new reading of Alexei Tolstoy's fairy tale "The Golden Key, or "The Adventures of Pinocchio". The film tells about the journey of a boy named Pinocchio, who goes through trials, striving to prove his worth and win the love of Papa Carlo. The roles in the film were played by Vitaly Kornienko, Alexander Yatsenko, Fedor Bondarchuk, Victoria Isakova, Alexander Petrov, Anastasia Talyzina, Mark Edelstein and other famous actors.

The new film adaptation features the legendary melodies of People's Artist of Russia Alexei Rybnikov, who created the soundtrack to the original 1975 TV movie and is also working on the musical design of this picture.

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Earlier, on December 23, 2025, analysts at the Bulletin of the Film Distributor and the Vanta Group company said that the Pinocchio film tale became the leader of polls on the most anticipated films for the New Year. The interest rate in the feed increased from 28 to 57 points. Vadim Smirnov, General Director of NMG Film Distribution, told Izvestia that the audience's love for Pinocchio will last for many years.

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