The main target audience of Russian films in 2024 was the Chinese audience. The animated film "The Snow Queen: Unfreezing" collected 1.3 million dollars in China, the drama film "The Challenge" - over 500 million dollars. Mexico was also among the leaders in fees, with Russian films grossing $1.3 million, and Brazil with collections of $1.2 million. Among European viewers, Russian paintings aroused the greatest interest in Italy, grossing $1.1 million there. Kommersant writes about this with reference to the data of the Film Distributor's Bulletin.
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Last year, 49 Russian films were released internationally, including retrospectives and demonstrations of old paintings. The Masha and the Bear franchise has become the most profitable among Russian projects, with revenue exceeding $2.8 million. The top three animated films were "The Magnificent Five" ($2.4 million) and "Cats of the Hermitage" ($2.1 million).
Revenues from the screening of unofficial releases of foreign films in Russian cinemas in 2024 decreased and reached 4.3 billion rubles, we talked about this earlier.
