Gross box office revenue in Russia August 2024, by film
"Neprimetnaya Istoriya" (in Russian: "Неприметная история") had the largest gross box office in Russia in August 2024, at approximately 257 million Russian rubles. The second-ranking film in that month was "Longlegs." Several major international film distributors, including Disney, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros, stopped screening their films in Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. However, some film companies have started offering a pre-session service, where viewers get shown a foreign movie first, for free, and then a domestic one, which they purchased a ticket for. In some cases, the domestic film is a short one.
What films are most popular in Russia?
Both domestic and foreign films are popular among the Russian audience. Released at the end of 2019, the comedy with historical elements "Kholop" ("Serf") was of the most successful movies of the modern Russian cinema based on box revenue. "The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness," a fantasy comedy film, was the most attended movie in 2022, viewed by over five million visitors in Russian cinemas. "Uncharted" had the highest box office in Russia in 2022, with a gross revenue of nearly 1.6 billion Russian rubles.
Russian film industry development
Over the past few years, the Russian government strengthened its support for the domestic film industry. The share of local films in the cinema box office exceeded 52 percent in 2022, having doubled in comparison to the previous year. Over the course of 2022, more than 46 million tickets were sold for films of domestic production in Russian cinemas.
