“The Last Warrior: Root of Evil” nabbed $22,1 million across Russia and CIS for the first ten days of theatrical distribution – from January 1 to 11, 2021 – and outperformed all Russian pandemic-era releases despite tricky circumstances for movie theatres with capacity reduced to 25% and social distancing requirements.
The heroic sequel produced by Disney, Yellow, Black and White and TV Channel “Russia” became the highest grossing release of the post-lockdown theatrical distribution in Russia and the first film to cross one-billion-ruble (around $13,5 million) mark among domestically produced and foreign films during that period.
“The Last Warrior: Root of Evil“ got a huge head start collecting $2,0 million on January 1, 2021 from 1971 screens in Russia and CIS and having 12 000 screenings daily. According to Disney Russia, it has also entered in top 5 international box office hits over the last weekend (8-10 January).
“The Last Warrior: Root of Evil“ is a sequel of a 2017 Russian fantasy comedy film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko, focusing on the traditional Russian and Slavic fairy tales characters. The international distributor is All Media Company/Yellow, Black and White.
Director: Dmitriy Dyachenko
Script by: Vitaliy Shlyappo, Vasiliy Kutsenko. Dmitriy Yan, Pavel Danilov, Igor Tudvasev
Cast: Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Elena Yakovleva, Konstantin Lavronenko, Sergey Burunov, Elena Valyushkina, KirillZaitsev, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksandr Semchev, Yuriy Tsurilo, Vladislav Vetrov, Taisiya Vilkova, Marta Timofeeva.
Synopsis:
Peace and tranquility have set in Belogorie. The evil was defeated and Ivan is now enjoying his well-deserved fame. He is surrounded by his family, friends and small wonders from the modern world that help him lead a comfortable life. Luckily, he has his Magic Sword to cut a gap between the worlds to get some supplies quite regularly.
But when an ancient evil rises and the existence of the magic world is put to danger, Ivan has to team up with his old friends and his new rivals. They will set out on a long journey beyond the known world to find a way to defeat the enemies and to return peace to Belogorie.
