"Hobbit" expectedly headed by Russian rental

Peter Jackson's film about the adventures of Bilbo Baggins “Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) led the five leaders of the Russian rental following the results of the past Wikend, RIA Novosti reports with a link to Kinobusines portal.

The first part of the trilogy based on a small story J.R.R. Tolkina predictably debuted in the first place, earned $ 17.9 million in the start weekend. The “hobbit” leads not only in Russia - according to the results of the second week, it also heads the North American rating, although, in comparison with the debut week, its fees in the past weekend have been more than doubled. According to Boxofficemojo , the total fees of films in the USA and Canada amount to almost $ 150 million.

The leader of the last week of the film "Playing for Keeps" had no chance to repel the hobbit blow and stay on the first line. A romantic comedy with a sports slope added only 462 thousand dollars to her piggy bank. In total, the story of the "star" football player performed by Gerard Batler, who by the will of fate turned out to be the coach of the children's team and called an unprecedented excitement among the mothers of young athletes, earned a little more than $ 4.5 million.

The cartoon "Keepers of Dreams" (Rise of Guardians) about how the team of superheroes saves Christmas, regained one position and was located on the third line of the rating. The animated tape, shot by Peter Ramsey, earned a little more than 320 thousand dollars over the past weekend, which brought the total cash desk of the film to $ 14.7 million.

The Fat Men in the Ring (Here Comes The Boom) fell to the fourth position, earned about $ 295 thousand over the past weekend. The general fees of comedy history about how a biology teacher became a fighter without rules, amount to $ 3.1 million.

Closes the five leaders of the Russian rental domestic comedy "Jungle", which not so long ago occupied a leading position. Over the past weekend, the film about how a married couple performed by Vera Brezhneva and Sergey Svetlakov saves relations on a uninhabited island, added only 252 thousand dollars to his piggy bank. The total amount of the films of the film of Alexander Votininsky amounted to 11.9 million dollars.