The maturing Russian market was boosted by basketball drama Three Seconds this year.
At the end of every year, Russia’s box office is given a sizeable boost by the release of the biggest local film of that year in the late December holiday period. This happened to spectacular effect at the end of 2017 when Three Seconds (also known as Going Vertical) appeared in Russian cinemas on December 28.
The film, which celebrates Russia’s triumph against the Us basketball team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, stayed on screens well into 2018 and turned into one of the biggest local successes of all time,...
At the end of every year, Russia’s box office is given a sizeable boost by the release of the biggest local film of that year in the late December holiday period. This happened to spectacular effect at the end of 2017 when Three Seconds (also known as Going Vertical) appeared in Russian cinemas on December 28.
The film, which celebrates Russia’s triumph against the Us basketball team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, stayed on screens well into 2018 and turned into one of the biggest local successes of all time,...
- 12/19/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
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