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"Yolki 11" (in Russian: "Ёлки 11") had the largest gross box office in Russia in December 2024, at approximately 591 million Russian rubles. The second-ranking film in that month was "Domovyonok Kuzya." Several major international film distributors, including Disney, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros, stopped screening their films in Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. However, some film companies have started offering a pre-session service, where viewers get shown a foreign movie first, for free, and then a domestic one, which they purchased a ticket for. In some cases, the domestic film is a short one.

What films are most popular in Russia?

Both domestic and foreign films are popular among the Russian audience. Released at the end of 2019, the comedy with historical elements "Kholop" ("Serf") was of the most successful movies of the modern Russian cinema based on box revenue. "Cheburashka," a children's comedy film, was the most-attended movie in 2023, viewed by over 22 million visitors in Russian cinemas. It also had the highest box office in Russia in 2023, with at nearly 6.8 billion Russian rubles.

Russian film industry development

Over the past few years, the Russian government strengthened its support for the domestic film industry. The share of local films in the cinema box office exceeded 70 percent in 2023, having grown in comparison to the previous year. Over the course of 2022, more than 46 million tickets were sold for films of domestic production in Russian cinemas.