Sports drama “Ice-3” directed by Yuri Khmelnitsky broke the box office record in Russia and the CIS last weekend, earning 527.7 million rubles. These data were presented on the portal kinobusiness.com For the period between 15-18 February.
In the last part of the Ice series, the heroine Nadya grew up and became a figure skater, who dreams of winning the Ice Cup, like her mother. Nadya’s father, Sasha Gorin, does not approve of her sporting ambitions, fearing for her well-being. While training, Nadya meets a young hockey player from Moscow with whom she falls in love. The main roles in the film were played by Anna Savranskaya and Stepan Belozerov. Alexander Petrov and Maria Aronova returned to their roles as hockey player Sasha Gorin and figure skating coach Irina Shatalina.
In second place was the fantasy drama “The Master and Margarita” directed by Mikhail Lokshin, which collected 208.2 million rubles. The film takes place in Moscow in the 1930s, where a famous writer finds himself in the middle of a literary scandal. The film stars such actors as Evgeny Tsyganov, Yulia Snigir, August Diehl, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Alexey Rozin and others.
In third place was the family musical film “Bremen Town Musicians” by director Alexei Nazhny, which collected 27.6 million rubles. Adapted from the cartoon of the same name, the film tells the story of a bard and his friends who come together to cheer up the king’s daughter. Tikhon Zhiznevsky, Valentina Lyapina, Roman Kurtsyn, Irina Gorbacheva, Askar Nigamedzyanov and other famous actors star in the film.
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