Taqi Shaan
The year’s most anticipated local release, Ekipazh (Crew), stayed atop the Russian box office for a second consecutive weekend, crushing local and Hollywood competition. Nikolai Lebedev’s disaster movie, distributed by Central Partnership, grossed $4 million in its second frame for an income of $14 million. Crew, a remake of Alexander Mitta’s 1979 movie of the same name, centers on the efforts of the pilots of an international flight to save the passengers following a disaster in a small town in the mountains. The movie features one of Russia’s hottest stars, Danila Kozlovsky. Disney’s The Jungle Book stayed at No. 2. Jon Favreau’s rendition of the Rudyard Kipling classic took in $825,000 in its fourth outing for an income of $18.7 million. Another local release, the animated family comedy Volki I Ovtsy: Bezumnoye Prevrashcheniye (Wolves and Sheep: A Crazy Transition), debuted at No.