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Marius Weisberg’s ðarodical comedy Hitler Kaðutt! (Central Ðartnershið), which is set in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II, has a successful start in CIS cinemas. The film, which stars Ðavel Derevyanko and Anna Semenovich, grossed $5,255,624 from 685 screens in its first four days and took up the top slot in the box office chart with a tremendous lead over other films. Its per-screen average – $7,672 – was the best among films that week.
The sci-fi adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth (Caro Premier) stayed in second place, grossing $1,388,794 from 360 screens in its second weekend (54% less than in its first), for an total of $5,292,181 in 11 days. Last week’s leader, Death Race (UPI), the futuristic actioner starring Jason Statham fell to third place, putting $1,287,247 into its piggybank from 427 screens in its second weekend (a 62% drop), for an 11-day total of $5,704,492.
New films occupied the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth places in the chart. In fourth and fifth were two American films. Respectively, Howard Deutch’s romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Girl (Paradise) with Dean Cook and Kate Hudson, grossed $1,247,198 in three days (it started on Friday) from 217 screens and Jon Avnet’s crime thriller Righteous Kill (Top Film) featuring the dynamic acting duo of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, grossed $1,167,540 from 287 screens. Seventh place went to Filipp Yankovsky’s sports drama Stone Head [Kamennaya Bashka] (Nashe Kino), which stars the famous boxer and several-time world champion Nikolai Valuyev. Released on Wednesday, Yankovsky’s film grossed $322,793 over the four days of the weekend, and $332,056 in five days. Taken (20th Century Fox CIS), the Luc Besson-produced actioner directed by Pierre Morel with Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen, had to make do with eighth place, grossing $307,625 from 221 screens.
The new drama from Kirill Serebrennikov, St. George’s Day [Yuryev den’] (RUSCICO/Noviye Lyudi) starring Ksenia Rappoport debuted in 17th place (14 screens, $17,673) and Mexican drama with the fitting title Drama/Mex (Cinema Without Frontiers) started in 24th (five screens, $8,009).
Five films broke $1 million in the week under review. Besides the aforementioned newbies –Hitler Kaputt!, My Best Friend’s Girl and Righteous Kill – the coveted milestone was garnered by The Accidental Husband (Pyramida) and Day D [Den’ D] (Central Partnership). After 11 days, The Accidental Husband grossed $1,482,338 and after 18 days, Day D racked up $1,017,240. Consequently, the number of “millionaire” films in the current box office year is now up to 112, which already exceeds the number of such films in the 2007 results (there were 109 of them).
Total CIS box office from September 18–21 was $12,352,422, which was 14% higher than the figure for the previous weekend. |
