EXCLUSIVE: Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Hollywood swore off the booming and lucrative box office territory, with the first studios, Disney and Warn…
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which went straight to streaming stateside on Prime Video. That movie, released by Global Film in Russia, opened to $310,5K and finaled at $1.1M Jason Statham, Josh Hartnett and Aubrey Plaza in ‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre’and the Guy Ritchie directed action title,stateside, those pics’ Russian releases weren’t pre-sold by the studio.
The same article cautioned, “This film does not and cannot have a distribution certificate: the Disney copyright holder does not work in Russia.” And then suggested, “Most likely, higher quality copies will arrive by January 12, and it will be easier with 3D.” Interestingly, box office has been fairly healthy in Russia despite the lack of major studio movies. OpusData figures compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence showed that January’s box office was the largest in Europe . According to those numbers, January was worth $99M, a 390.6% surge over the comparable period in 2022.
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