Cinemas in Russia and the CIS saw a 3.7% year-on-year increase in admissions in the first half of 2008 while sales in the first six months of the year ballooned 38.2% over the same period in 2007.
According to Russian Film Business Today, more than 56m tickets were sold in cinemas and Russia and the CIS, bringing in $382.4m. Average ticket price has climbed from $5.60 in 2007 to $6.90 this year.
The figures put the territory on track to exceed 2007's sales ($566.9m) and admissions (110m).
Of the 186 films released so far in 2008, 77 have earned more than $1m. Four have been release to more than 700 screens - the benchmark set last year by Pirates Of The Carribean: At World's End.
Russian Film Business Today estimates that box-office total for the year will be between $750m and $770m.
20th Century Fox CIS leads Russian distributors with a 25.4% market share, followed by Caro Premier/Caroprokat, UPI and BVSPR. Fox's grosses were up 85.7%, partly on the strength of Timur Bekmambetov's Irony Of Fate: The Sequel.
Of the top five films, the top two are Russian. Irony Of Fate: The Sequel has grossed nearly $50m and become the most successful film, foreign or domestic, ever in Russia.
Caroprokat's The Very Best Film, a spoof of recent Russian hits, holds the No. 2 spot on earnings of $27.6m.
UPI distributes the No. 3 hit, Wanted, also directed by Bekmambetov, which narrowly exceeded box-office predictions, earning $25.8m since July 26. UPI also distributes No. 5, Kung-Fu Panda ($20.7m).
Hancock, released in Russia by BVSPR, opened the Moscow Film Festival on June 19 and grossed $11.8m in its first four days. It's total earnings of $20.3m make it the fourth most film lucrative film this year.
Hancock has held its position against Hellboy II: The Golden Army (UPI) but could be overwhelmed by Batman when Caro Premier releases The Dark Knight on Aug 14.
According to Russian Film Business Today, more than 56m tickets were sold in cinemas and Russia and the CIS, bringing in $382.4m. Average ticket price has climbed from $5.60 in 2007 to $6.90 this year.
The figures put the territory on track to exceed 2007's sales ($566.9m) and admissions (110m).
Of the 186 films released so far in 2008, 77 have earned more than $1m. Four have been release to more than 700 screens - the benchmark set last year by Pirates Of The Carribean: At World's End.
Russian Film Business Today estimates that box-office total for the year will be between $750m and $770m.
20th Century Fox CIS leads Russian distributors with a 25.4% market share, followed by Caro Premier/Caroprokat, UPI and BVSPR. Fox's grosses were up 85.7%, partly on the strength of Timur Bekmambetov's Irony Of Fate: The Sequel.
Of the top five films, the top two are Russian. Irony Of Fate: The Sequel has grossed nearly $50m and become the most successful film, foreign or domestic, ever in Russia.
Caroprokat's The Very Best Film, a spoof of recent Russian hits, holds the No. 2 spot on earnings of $27.6m.
UPI distributes the No. 3 hit, Wanted, also directed by Bekmambetov, which narrowly exceeded box-office predictions, earning $25.8m since July 26. UPI also distributes No. 5, Kung-Fu Panda ($20.7m).
Hancock, released in Russia by BVSPR, opened the Moscow Film Festival on June 19 and grossed $11.8m in its first four days. It's total earnings of $20.3m make it the fourth most film lucrative film this year.
Hancock has held its position against Hellboy II: The Golden Army (UPI) but could be overwhelmed by Batman when Caro Premier releases The Dark Knight on Aug 14.
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