OREANDA-NEWS The box office of the fairy tale film "Cheburashka" in the Russian box office exceeded one and a half billion rubles. It happened on January 4, 2023. That is, just three days after the release of the picture on the big screens.

According to the Unified Federal Automated Information System, Cheburashka managed to earn most of this amount - 1.333 billion rubles already on the premiere weekend, which is one of the best achievements in the history of the domestic film market.

The production budget of the project is estimated at 850 million rubles, that is, for payback it needs to earn at least 1.7-1.8 billion rubles in cinemas. With such a dynamic of fees, there is no doubt that Cheburashka will be able to overcome the two-billion milestone in the coming weekend.

Recall that the absolute record holder remains the comedy "Serf", which finished with a result of three billion rubles. The second place is still occupied by the comic book adaptation "Spider-Man 3: No Way home", which collected 2.96 billion rubles. The third line of the rating is occupied by the sports drama "Upward Movement" with a result of 2.94 billion rubles.