Director Sarik Andreasyan’s film “Onegin” once again topped the box office in Russia and CIS countries, grossing 170.5 million rubles last weekend. These data are published on the portal kinobusiness.com For the period from March 14 to March 17.
The film Onegin is an adaptation of one of Pushkin’s most famous works, telling the life of the tired secular aristocracy Eugene Onegin and his relationship with the Larin family. When creating the film, they abandoned computer graphics, and the atmosphere resembles that of St. Petersburg, where Pushkin lived. The shooting was recreated on location in St. Petersburg and the surrounding area. Screenwriter Alexander Gravitsky was responsible for adapting the text. The main roles were played by Lisa Moryak, Viktor Dobronravov, Denis Prytkov and Vladimir Vdovichenkov.
Second place in the ranking was taken by the last part of the Ice series by Yuri Khmelnitsky, which collected 59.7 million rubles. The film tells the story of a girl named Nadya, who is a figure skater like her mother and dreams of winning the Ice Cup. The main roles were played by Stepan Belozerov, Anna Savranskaya, Alexander Petrov and Maria Aronova.
Third place went to the war drama “Passenger Call Sign” by Ilya Kazankov, which collected 57.5 million rubles. The film is adapted from Alexander Prokhanov’s novel about events in southeastern Ukraine. The main role was played by Anton Shagin, and the film also starred Alexey Shevchenkov, Sergey Gorobchenko, Nadezhda Markina and others.
Part of the proceeds from the distribution of the film will be used to help soldiers on the front lines.
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