MOSCOW, 5 NovThe box office receipts of the film «At the Pike's Command» in less than two weeks of release exceeded 1 billion rubles, according to data from the Unified Automated Information System of the Cinema Fund.
The film was released on October 26.
“Total fees 1,174,678,268 rubles,” the data in the system is provided.
In addition, the box office for the second weekend amounted to more than 520 million rubles, which exceeded the figures of the first weekend — more than 400 million rubles, excluding sales on the premiere day (more than 28 million rubles) and pre-sales (almost 25 million rubles). The budget of the film was about 600 million rubles.
The fairy-tale blockbuster “At the Command of the Pike” about a magical pike was created based on Russian folk tales. Location shooting of the film took place near Tobolsk, on the banks of the Irtysh. Emelya was played by Nikita Kologrivy, Vasilisa — Mila Ershova. The film also stars Roman Madyanov, Alina Alekseeva, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Fyodor Lavrov, Agrippina Steklova.