Filmed in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS), The Challenge broke box office records in Russia and the CIS, grossing 426 million rubles in its first weekend. Portal reports kinobusiness.com.
Last weekend, the second place in the rating was taken by John Wick 4, which has been at the Russian box office for the fifth week. The film raised 31.3 million rubles last weekend and 936.7 million rubles over the entire rental period.
In third place was the film “Misanthrop”, which collected 15 million rubles for the first weekend of the rental in Russia and the CIS countries.
Klim Shipenko, former director of the movie “The Challenge” judicial with the vivid memory of flying into space during the filming of the movie, the feeling of weightlessness.
He added that the process of shooting on the ISS was an unusual experience, different from what it usually is.
Prior to that, the general director of Channel One, producer Konstantin Ernst, explained why Klim Shipenko was given the direction of the movie “Challenge”, partially shot in space.