The cartoon Rio will land on first place in the upcoming weekend without any problems. Fox releases parrots on record number of screens for animated projects - 1293. Rio has not only an active advertising campaign, vivid posters and spots, but also positive reviews from the audience, because abundant preview screenings have started as early as last Sunday. Over the weekend, we expect about $6.32M.
Henry's Crime ( domestic title - "Criminal trick from Henry") starts on 300 screens. Adventurous tape is rich in the cast, which should attract moviegoers, and has an intriguing complication of the plot. That's enough for $0.74M.
Distributor "Volga" releases German romantic thriller "Wir sind die Nacht". The film represents another attempt to play on the fashionable vampire theme. However, in his native Germany, it didn't help - only $0.41M in 251 theaters for the first weekend. At the same time the film has an interesting domestic title ("Taste of the Night") and a good promotion among the target audience. This will show the per-theater average no worse than Devil's Flower ($0.93M, 475 screens), which will bring about $0.63M.
Russian films this weekend are the psychological drama "Piramida" based on real events (http://kino-n-sport.ru/repository/calendar/film/filmid/826), and the adaptation of "The Master and Margarita". Arouse the interest of young people will be very difficult. In addition movies go without advertising. But it's worth noting that Yuri Kara's film "The Master and Margarita" is based on one of the most widely read novels in the country. Such a grandiose name, should appeal to the casual viewer, though the film was created 17 years ago.
The British comedy Chalet Girl (domestic title - "How to marry a Billionaire") appears on 170 screens. The film was not bad in the United Kingdom - $1.10M for the first weekend, but at the same time flopped in the German theaters - $0.23M. The Russian public is generally supportive of light romantic comedy. We wait $0.33M.
1. Rio (1293) - $6.32M (NEW)
2. Source Code (901) - $1.30M (-49%)
3. Insidious (401) - $1.23M (-39%)
4. Just Go with It (400) - $0.84M (-71%)
5. Sucker Punch (700) - $0.81M (-60%)
6. Henry's Crime (300) - $0.74M (NEW)
7. Wir sind die Nacht (295) - $0.63M (NEW)
8. Piramida (Russia) (290) - $0.62M (NEW)
9. The Master and Margarita (Russia) (210) - $0.58M (NEW)
10. Chalet Girl (170) - $0.33M (NEW)
