Rio holds the first place second weekend in succession and follows the schedule Rapunzel. The animated film took another $5.73M, and brought the total to $18.96M. By this weekend, Rio will ahead of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ($18.98M).
In Russia, as in the U.S., Scream 4 did not demonstrate the expected result. The fourth part of the Wes Craven's franchise came on the incredible for the genre 959 screens, but showed the weakest per-theater average among the new films. Scream 4 earned more than Friday the 13th (2009, $1.63M, 318 screens), but less than A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010, $2.79M, 527 screens).
The first weekend of the adaptation of the cult novel "Generation P" brought the third place and $ 2.10M. This result became the best among Russian films with the exception of comedies this year. This is close to the adaptations of plays "Election Day" (2007, $ 2.74M, 500 screens) and "Radio Day" (2008, $ 2.56M., 407 screens). Reviews of the film are inconsistent, but fans of the book mostly satisfied. Budget is about $7M.
The crime drama-thriller The Lincoln Lawyer confident debuted confident for such modest release in fourth place with $0.94M, that more Law Abiding Citizen ($0.74M, 304 screens). Matthew McConaughey in the lead role, as well as well chosen premiere date was given opportunity to gain the attention of a female audience. In Australia, The Lincoln Lawyer for first weekend had $1.21M, in UK - $0.93M.
The comedy Just Go with It still feels good in Russia. Total Adam Sandler has $12.63M, which exceeds the final result Little Fockers ($12.61M) and makes it the most cash foreign comedy in the modern history of Russia.
1. Rio (1297 screens) - $5.73M (-39%)
2. Scream 4 (959) - $2.44M (NEW)
3. Generation P (Russia) (542) - $2.10M (NEW)
4. The Lincoln Lawyer (297) - $0.94M (NEW)
5. Just Go with It (251) - $0.67M (-64%)
6. The Master and Margarita (Russia) (240) - $0.50M (-34%)
7. Henry's Crime (264) - $0.36M (-55%)
8. Chalet Girl (170) - $0.28M (-32%)
9. Source Code (441) - $0.27M (-77%)
10. Piramida (Russia) (285) - $0.26M (-54%)
11. Insidious (401) - $0.24M (-73%)
Russia and CIS: April 14-17, Results
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