Walt Disney hits its best-ever box-office year in RussiaSeptember 3, 2016 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The third quarter isn't even over yet, but Walt Disney has already hit its best-ever box-office year in Russia in local currency terms, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The company's releases have grossed 7.9 billion rubles ($120 million) by early September, a figure that is higher than the full-year haul for any previous year. With four more months to go, Disney's Russian box-office performance has handily surpassed last year's figure of 7.3 billion rubles, the studio's previous record in rubles. The company's biggest hits in Russia of this year are Zootopia, which has grossed 2.3 billion rubles, The Jungle Book (1.4 billion rubles) and Captain America: Civil War (1.1 billion rubles). That makes them the year's top-, seventh- and ninth-highest grossing movies in Russia, respectively. While this year's box-office figure in rubles is the company's highest of all time in the country, due to the Russian currency's sharp devaluation over the last two years, 2013's performance remains a Russian record for Disney in U.S. dollar terms. That year, Disney releases brought in in 5.8 billion rubles, which amounted to $183 million at that year's average exchange rate of the ruble to the dollar. Still, with such releases as Moana, Doctor Strange and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story scheduled before the end of the year, Disney has a chance to further boost its 2016 results in Russia. Disney could also challenge for the record for a Hollywood studio's best-ever performance in Russia in a single year. Universal, whose releases grossed 8.9 billion last year, currently holds that record. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |