RUSSIA (Pop: million)

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1 RUSSIA (Pop: million) (1) RUSSIA: THEATRICAL MARKET OVERVIEW, Screens 2,436 2,726 3,142 3,479 3,829 4,021 4,372 Theatrical admissions (millions) Per capita attendance Box office (EUR millions*) Average ticket price (EUR*) ,52 Releases Domestic releases US releases European releases** German releases Domestic market share 14.7% 15.9% 17.6% 18.4% 18.7% 17.4% 17.6% German market share 0.72% 1.35% 4.62% 0.29% 1.25% 0.15% 0.12% *EUR equivalents are calculated throughout at the exchange rate for December 31 of the year in question. **Excluding German majority films 1

2 Percentage of annual box office Russia: Theatrical Market Shares Domestic German Russia: Theatrical Releases Total Domestic US European German

3 (2) THEATRICAL RELEASES IN RUSSIA TITLE DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE DATE BOX OFFICE $US 2010 German films (100% or majority co-productions) KONFERENZ DER TIERE (Ger) Luxor Company/Caroprokat ,002,839 ZWEIOHRKÜKEN (Ger) Cascade Film ,496,737 DIE PÄPSTIN (Ger/Fr/Sp) West Video ,419 MULLEWAPP - DAS GROSSE KINOABENTEUER DER FREUNDE (Ger/It/Fr) n/a ,262 SOUL KITCHEN (Ger/Fr/It) Volga Film ,522 THE LAST STATION (Ger/Rus/UK) Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky ,334 DAS WEISSE BAND (Ger/Aut/It/Sp) Cinema Without Frontiers ,993 ALLE ANDEREN (Ger) Russian Report ,619 PHANTOMSCHMERZ (Ger) n/a ,574 WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (Ger/Aut/Fr) Sota Cinema Group , German minority co-productions RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (UK/Ger/US) Walt Disney Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing ,729,290 TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (UK/Aut/Ger) Luxor Company ,124,351 THE GHOST (Fr/Ger/UK) Central Partnership ,116,025 AJAMI (Isr/Ger/UK) Cinema Without Frontiers ,240 MR. NOBODY (Bel/Fr/Can/Ger) Premium Film ,719 LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (Fr/Ger) West Video ,421 LEBANON (Isr/Fr/Ger) n/a ,798 ENTER THE VOID (Fr/Ger/It) Premium Film ,467 THE UGLY DUCKLING AND ME! (Den/Ger/Fr/Ire) n/a ,484 CHÉRI (UK/Ger/US) Maywin Media ,643 3

4 MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR (Swe/Ger/Nor) Caravella DDC ,333 TOURNÉE (Fr/Ger) n/a ,515 LOURDES (Aut/Fr/Ger) n/a ,430 SHE, A CHINESE (UK/Fr/Ger) n/a ,576 MAMMOTH (Swe/Ger/Den) Russian Report ,580 SNABBA CASH (Swe/Ger/Den) Cinema Without Frontiers ,891 MAX MANUS (Nor/Den/Ger) n/a ,682 TRILOGIA II: I SKONI TOU HRONOU (Gr/Ger/It) n/a , German films (100% or majority co-productions) THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Ger/Fr/UK/US) Central Partnership ,143,918 WIR SIND DIE NACHT (Ger) Volga Film ,011,339 KOKOWÄÄH (Ger) Kaskad Film ,007 PINA (Ger/Fr) Premium Film ,803 DER FALL CHODORKOWSKI (Ger) Kinoclub ,381 DREI (Ger) Russian Report ,393 THE FUTURE (Ger/US) P&I Films ,593 DAS LEBEN IST ZU LANG (Ger) Exponenta Film , German minority co-productions ANONYMOUS (UK/Ger) Walt Disney Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing ,556,933 HANNA (US/UK/Ger) Volga Film ,966,472 UNKNOWN (US/Ger/UK/Fr) Caro Premier ,859,086 UTOMLYONNYE SOLNTSEM 2: ZITADEL (Rus/Ger/Fr) Central Partnership ,521,195 MELANCHOLIA (Den/Swe/Fr/Ger) Central Partnership ,264,305 CHALET GIRL (UK/Ger/Aut) Kaskad Film ,193,445 FLYPAPER (US/Ger) Kaskad Film ,071,621

5 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (UK/Fr/Ger) Top Film ,068,141 CARNAGE (Fr/Ger/Pol) Luxor Entertainment ,906 NICOSTRATOS LE PÉLICAN (Fr/Ger) West Video ,362 UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Thai/Ger/Fr/Sp/UK) Exponenta Film ,748 QUARTIER LOINTAIN (Bel/Lux/Ger/Fr) Caravella DDC ,772 LE QUATTRO VOLTE (It/Ger/Swz) Cinema Without Frontiers ,441 LA RAFLE (Fr/Ger) Russian World Studios ,911 SCHASTYE MOE (Ukr/Ger/NL) Sota Cinema Group ,284 SOUL BOY (Ken/Ger) Artcinema Distribution , German films (100% or majority co-productions) CLOUD ATLAS (Ger/US) 20th Century Fox Russia ,021,626 RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Ger/Can) Walt Disney Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing ,767,404 A DANGEROUS METHOD (Ger/Can/UK/Swz) Cinema Without Frontiers ,005,751 MÄNNERHERZEN... UND DIE GANZ GANZ GROSSE LIEBE (Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,874 4 TAGE IM MAI (Ger/Rus/Ukr) Paradise Film Distribution ,258 DIE UNSICHTBARE (Ger) Russian Report ,471 FENSTER ZUM SOMMER (Ger/Fin) P&I Films ,726 BARBARA (Ger) Cinema Prestige , German minority co-productions THE VOW (US/Brz/Fr/Aus/UK/Ger) Walt Disney Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing ,839,641 STREETDANCE 2 (UK/Ger/It) Paradise Film Distribution ,836,335 NIKO 2 LENTÄJÄVELJEKSET (Fin/Den/Ire/Ger) Paradise Film Distribution ,207 FAUST (Rus/Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,040 THOR LEGENDS OF VALHALLA (Ice/Ger/Ire) Central Partnership ,528 IRON SKY (Fin/Ger/Aus) Utopia Pictures ,792 5

6 BELLE DU SEIGNEUR (Fr/Lux/Ger/Bel/Swz/UK) Arena/All Media ,247 HODEJEGERNE (Nor/Den/Ger) Caravella DDC ,087 AMOUR (Fr/Ger/Aut) Drugoe Kino ,255 HOLY MOTORS (Fr/Ger) Russian Report ,787 ELLES (Fr/Pol/Ger) Cinema Without Frontiers ,098 PARADIES: LIEBE (Aut/Ger/Fr) Cinema Without Frontiers ,281 THE HUNTER (Iran/Ger) n/a ,431 LE HAVRE (Fin/Fr/Ger) Russian Report ,492 NOBELS TESTAMENTE (Swe/Ger) Caravella DDC ,236 LE GRAND SOIR (Fr/Bel/Ger) Cinema Without Frontiers ,922 THE LONELIEST PLANET (US/Ger) Drugoe Kino ,239 A TORINÓI LÓ (Hun/Fr/Ger/Swz) Cinema Prestige ,271 TABU - ES IST DIE SEELE EIN FREMDES AUF ERDEN (Aut/Ger/Fr/Lux) Drugoe Kino ,395 ALOIS NEBEL (Cz/Ger/Slvk) Russian Report ,618 CIRKUS COLUMBIA (Bos/Fr/Ger/UK/Slvn/Bel) Russian Report , German films (100% or majority co-productions) SCHUTZENGEL (Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,091 RUBINROT (Ger) Caravella DDC ,919 KOKOWÄÄH 2 (Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,337 DIE ABENTEUER DES HUCK FINN (Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,229 DIE VAMPIRSCHWESTERN (Ger) Exponenta Film ,992 DIE VERMESSUNG DER WELT (Ger/Aut) Cinema Without Frontiers ,656 LUDWIG II (Ger/Aut) Russian Report ,935 MANN TUT WAS MANN KANN (Ger) Russian Report ,292

7 ADIEU PARIS (Ger/Lux/Fr) Russian Report ,170 RUSSENDISKO (Ger) Drugoe Kino ,278 VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! (Ger/NL/Arg) Cinema Without Frontiers ,578 TÜRKISCH FÜR ANFÄNGER (Ger) Cinema Prestige , German minority co-productions HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (US/Ger) Central Partnership ,966,603 THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (US/Ger/Can) Central Partnership ,457,857 RUSH (US/UK/Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,716,882 KON-TIKI (Nor/UK/Den/Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,979,995 HET MEISJE EN DE DOOD (NL/Rus/Ger) Drugoe Kino ,477 DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR (Den/Swe/It/Fr/Ger) Nashe Kino/Premium Film ,867 PARADIES: HOFFNUNG (Aut/Ger/Fr) Cinema Without Frontiers ,157 PARADIES: GLAUBE (Aut/Ger/Fr) Cinema Without Frontiers ,363 METÉORA (Gr/Ger) Cinema Without Frontiers ,204 INTO THE WHITE (Nor/Swe/Ger) Russian Report ,787 LES SALAUDS (Fr/Ger) Russian Report ,813 LA MER À L AUBE (Fr/Ger) Cinema Prestige ,463 SNABBA CASH II (Swe/Den/Ger) Cinema Without Frontiers , German films (100% or majority co-productions) TARZAN 3D (Ger) Paradise Film Distribution ,639,934 DER 7BTE ZWERG (Ger) Caro Premier ,058,239 DIE BIENE MAJA - DER KINOFILM (Ger/Aus) Universal Pictures International Russia ,764,973 DER MEDICUS (Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,146,577 LOVE, ROSIE (Ger/UK) West Video ,887 HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (Ger/Can) Exponenta Film ,508 7

8 RITTER ROST - EISENHART & VOLL VERBEULT (Ger) Nashe Kino ,235 SAPHIRBLAU (Ger) Utopia Pictures ,545 MR. MORGAN S LAST LOVE (Ger/Bel/Fr/US) Arena Film ,253 FACK JU GÖHTE (Ger) Raketa Releasing , German minority co-productions VIY 3D (Rus/Ukr/Cz/Ger/UK) Universal Pictures International Russia ,592,198 POMPEII (Can/Ger) Paradise Film Distribution ,432,970 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,539,927 LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Fr/Ger) West Video ,987,539 THE MONUMENTS MEN (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,087,223 NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 1 (Den/Ger/Fr/Swe/Bel) Caro Premier ,714,067 NORTHMEN - A VIKING SAGA (Swz/Ger/SA) Central Partnership ,387,092 THE BOOK THIEF (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,192,018 NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 2 (Den/Ger/Fr/Swe/Bel) Caro Premier ,107,998 ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (UK/Ger/Fr/Cyp) Caravella DDC ,206 A MOST WANTED MAN (UK/US/Ger) Volga Film ,142 EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL (Fr/Ger) Premium Film/Kaskad Film ,111 THIRD PERSON (US/UK/Ger/Bel) Top Film ,204 MAPS TO THE STARS (Can/US/Fr/Ger) Top Film ,062 A LONG WAY DOWN (UK/Ger) Premium Film ,100 3 COEURS (Fr/Ger/Bel) Russian Report , German films (100% or majority productions) OOOPS! DIE ARCHE IST WEG (Ger/Ire/Bel/Lux) Universal Pictures International Russia ,269,312 WHO AM I KEIN SYSTEM IST SICHER (Ger) 23rd Floor Film ,811 THE CUT (Ger/Fr/Pol) Central Partnership ,711

9 DER KLEINE DRACHE KOKOSNUSS (Ger) Cinema Prestige ,928 NICHT MEIN TAG (Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,935 CITIZENFOUR (Ger/US) 24 Doc/MVK ,069 VICTORIA (Ger) A-One Films ,249 WACKEN 3D (Ger) Kinologistika , German minority co-productions POINT BREAK (US/Ger) Caro Premier ,036,343 HITMAN: AGENT 47 (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,678,090 BRIDGE OF SPIES (US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,058,944 SHE S FUNNY THAT WAY (US/Ger) Central Partnership ,108 BIG GAME (Fin/Ger/UK) Luxor Entertainment ,395 EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADEPÅ TILLVARON (Swe/Fr/Nor/Ger) Arthouse ,456 FEHÉR ISTEN (Hun/Ger/Swe) Cinema Prestige , German films (100% or majority productions) UNFRIEND (Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,770 FACK JU GÖHTE 2 (Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,263 GESPENSTERJÄGER (Ger/Aut/Ire) Luxor Entertainment ,447 COLONIA DIGNIDAD - ES GIBT KEIN ZURÜCK (Ger/Fr/Lux) Cinema Prestige ,332 FRANCOFONIA (Ger/Fr/NL) Cinema Prestige ,205 ELSER - ER HÄTTE DIE WELT VERÄNDERT (Ger) Cinema Prestige ,537 BUNKER OF THE DEAD (Ger) Big Movie ,121 9

10 2016 German minority co-productions SNOWDEN (US/Fr/Ger) Central Partnership ,133,336 EDDIE THE EAGLE (UK/US/Ger) 20th Century Fox Russia ,923 A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING (US/Ger) Paradise Film Distribution ,072 THE DANISH GIRL (UK/Bel/Ger/Den/US) Universal Pictures International Russia ,441 ELLE (Fr/Ger/Bel) Cinema Prestige ,746 FRANTZ (Fr/Ger) Cinema Prestige ,340 MA LOUTE (Fr/Ger) Cinema Prestige ,184 LIFE (UK/Ger) Capella Film ,137 V PAPRSCICH SLUNCE (Cz/Rus/Ger/Lat/N Kor) Cinema Without Frontiers ,809 REMEMBER (Can/Ger) Luxor Entertainment ,266 RACE (Can/Ger/Fr) Arthouse ,250

11 (3) RUSSIA: TOP 10 GERMAN FILMS (THEATRICAL), ADMISSIONS BOX OFFICE (EUR) CLOUD ATLAS (2012) 2,201,858 12,902,392 RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (2012) 1,940,465 12,709,692 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (2011) 1,114,264 7, KONFERENZ DER TIERE (2010) 842,663 3,733,462 TARZAN 3D (2014) 732,783 4,658,585 OOOPS! DIE ARCHE IST WEG (2015) 452,540 1,167,767 DIE BIENE MAJA - DER KINOFILM (2014) 408,213 1,457,868 DER 7BTE ZWERG (2014) 392,917 1,700,105 ZWEIOHRKÜKEN (2011) 242,871 1,116,968 DER MEDICUS (2014) 188, ,073 11

12 (4) RUSSIA: DISTRIBUTORS OF GERMAN FILMS TOTAL Luxor Entertainment 1* * Cinema Prestige Russian Report Cinema Without Frontiers th Century Fox Russia Exponenta Film Central Partnership P&I Films Paradise Film Distribution Universal Pictures International Russia Volga Film West Video rd Floor Film Doc/MVK A-One Films Arena Film Big Movie Caravella DDC Caro Premier Caroprokat 1* *

13 Cascade Film Drugoe Kino Kaskad Film Kino Klub Nashe Kino Premium Film Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky Raketa Releasing Sota Cinema Group Utopia Pictures Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing * including co-distribution 13

14 (5) RUSSIA: THEATRICAL MARKET OVERVIEW It s all about size. The Russian theatrical market may be dominated by local comedies and studio blockbusters pretty much like theatrical markets anywhere, but those European films which do get a foot in the door, including a number of non-mainstream movies, stand as good a chance of netting a fair return, given the sheer size of the market. The only territories in which films like CLOUD ATLAS, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION and THE THREE MUSKETEERS all sold over a million tickets were the US and France. The prospects for genuinely German films and arthouse fare are less rosy and at best variable: distributors acquire them on a haphazard basis and the failure to create a genuine arthouse circuit attempting to do so has defeated adventurous distributors like Cinema Without Frontiers is one of the major disappointments of a market which has otherwise settled down quite well after the chaos of the 1990s and the caution of the 2010s The infrastructure of the theatrical business is now solid, if restricted. The number of screens has increased by 80% over the period surveyed ( ) and the quality of the cinematic experience for Russian audiences by several times that factor. In terms of stadium seating and 3Dequipped screens then, the country is more or less on a par with Western Europe. But there is still only one screen for every 36,000 Russians nearer to Brazil than to major western European countries like France and Germany. But although admissions have broadly kept pace with that development (they re up 25%, from million to 194.7), box office has shown itself less healthy, having peaked at EUR million in 2012 before falling back to EUR in 2016, 13% lower than in 2010 (although some of the lost ground may have to do with currency fluctuations). The local market share has stayed pretty much the same over the period somewhere between 14.7% and 18.7% as has the number of US imports. European releases, on the other hand, have lost considerable ground, with German films managing to corner over 1% of the Russian market and as much as 4.6% in 2012 (the year of CLOUD ATLAS and RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION before tailing off to around 0.1% at the end of the period surveyed). These figures need, however, to be treated with a certain degree of caution, not so much because they have been manipulated (which they undoubtedly have been on occasions) but because they are compiled from a number of different sources, not all of them compatible. Likewise this report s base currency, the Euro, has fluctuated considerably against both the US dollar and the Russian rouble: figures recorded in roubles, converted to dollars (the most common currency used for international cinema statistics) and converted to Euros can vary along the way by as much as 20%. This may account for the apparent box-office slump over the past couple of years. Measured by tickets sold, the Russian film business dipped by only two million between 2014 and 2015 (just over 1%), a perfectly normal variation.

15 There is still some volatility in the market, however, and a fair degree of churn among Russian distribution companies, with Luxor Entertainment, Cinema Prestige and Russian Report the most frequent buyers of German titles, opening 20 of the 63 German films in the period surveyed. Companies which have tried to build up an arthouse slate like Cinema Without Frontiers have not prospered, however, and it may be significant that 19 (about a third) of the films released in Russia between 2010 and 2016 were handled by companies that released no other German film. And, if a new law out for discussion at time of writing comes into effect, the already threatened Russian arthouse sector could be even further undermined, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The law would increase the cost of a distribution license from 3,500 to 5 million rubles (EUR 57 to EUR 82,000). Clearly designed to protect Russian films (whose distributors could apply for a full rebate), the license increase would hit both Hollywood movies and European (and other) arthouse films. But the effect on the latter would be more intense, even catastrophic since, if enacted, 24 of the 63 German releases listed above would not even have recouped the cost of their licence. THR reported a comment from the head of Russian distributor Volga Film to the effect that the new license would just kill distribution of almost all European and indie movies in Russia. Most of the German titles which have performed well (taking more than, let s say EUR 500,000 at the box office) follow the familiar pattern of English-language films and children s animation. But two trends deserve to be noted. One is the relative popularity of German popular comedies and romances ZWEIOHRKÜKEN and MULLEWAPP in 2010; KOKOWÄH in 2011; MÄNNERHERZEN UNE DIE GANZ GROSSE LIEBE in 2012; SCHUTZENGEL, RUBINROT and KOKOWÄÄH 2 in 2013; SAPHIRBLAU in 2014; and FACK JU GÖHTE 2 in The other point that needs to be made (again) is that, with a market the size of Russia, even a moderate success can be rewarding. Over the seven-year period surveyed here, German films took some EUR 50 million at the Russian box office, making it (after France and the US) the third most lucrative of all overseas territories for German cinema. 15

16 (6) RUSSIA: GERMAN FILMS ON TELEVISION OVERVIEW Russian audiences went from a diet of strictly controlled TV in the 1980s to full deregulation the following decade, but do not seem to have embraced or have been offered the multichannel world with the same enthusiasm as some of the former COMECON countries in Europe. As with the theatrical business, size is a determining factor: the country is so huge, satellite delivery is often a necessity. We are not sure we have identified all channels currently available to Russian viewers, but the breakdown seems to be as indicated in the chart below. Non-specialised channels news, entertainment, lifestyle seem to outnumber specialists offerings like sport and movies. Russia: TV Channels by Content General/News Sports Children and Family Entertainment Lifestyle Movies Music We have been unable to find a detailed non-cyrillic programme grid from which to draw conclusions about Russian movie channels on TV but the available evidence suggests that the Dom Kino ( House of Cinema ) channel chart we used last year reproduced below remains representative of what is available.

17 Russia: Films on TV by Country of Origin US UK Russia France Other Europe Other For details of on-line DVD and VOD platforms available in Russia, see separate survey, Home Entertainment Market. (7) RUSSIA: SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CIA World Factbook, XE.com, European Audiovisual Observatory, Russian Federal State Statistics Service, Nevafilm Research, Rentrak, Russian Film Market 2013, KinoMetro, DomKino, Russian Film Business Today (kinobusiness.com), Russian Film Booker s Bulletin, ivi.ry, KVG Research, Cinando. 17