The Stolen Princess was released in Turkish movie theatres on March 23rd. During the first weekend the debut animation of Animagrad studio (FILM.UA Group) collected $157 530, and 46 398 viewers have watched it. The Ukrainian cartoon became the third among the animation releases of Turkey in 2018 by the size of the premiere box office.
The Stolen Princess is still being screened in Romania, where the animation remains among box-office leaders. For the second weekend it collected $293 082, and 63 159 viewers watched the film.
Ukrainian release also goes on: the box-office has risen up to UAH 33 225 851 after the third week of The Stolen Princess screening, while the number of viewers reached 448 232. Last week the animation set up the absolute record for Ukrainian-made films: only in two weeks the box office exceeded the amount of UAH 23 032 807, that was the record made three months prior by a war drama Cyborgs.
The following countries for the international release of The Stolen Princess are Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: an animated film will be screened there from April 5. On April 6th, the animation will appear in Bulgaria, from April 11th – in Egypt, from April 12th – in the Middle East countries (United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain). On April 13th the release will take place in Vietnam, and on the 27th of April – in Lithuania. In May the animation will see the Latvians, the Serbians and the Czech, and in the summer it will be shown in Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Israel, China and Korea. The cartoon has been distributed totally to more than 50 countries, including France, Germany, the Middle East, South Africa and Asia.
About the film. This wonderful story happened in the age of valiant knights, beautiful princesses, and battling sorcerers. Ruslan, a wandering artist dreaming to become a knight, met beautiful Mila and fell in love with her; he didn’t even suspect that she is the King’s daughter. However, the lovers’ happiness wasn’t meant to last too long. Chоrnomor, the evil sorcerer, appeared in a magic vortex and stole Mila right before Ruslan’s eyes to transform her power of love into his own magic power. Without further ado, Ruslan sets out on a chase after the stolen princess to overcome all obstacles and to prove that real love is stronger than magic.
Producer: Egor Olesov. Director: Oleg Malamuzh. Scriptwriter: Yaroslav Voytseshek. Art-director: Kristian Koskinen.
FYI. The Stolen Princess is the first animated feature film for Ukrainian and international release in the production line of the Animagrad studio. The premiere of the film in Ukraine was March 7, 2018. The rights for its release have been pre-sold to more than 30 territories, including China, South Korea, France, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, countries of the MENA region and Latin America. The Stolen Princess became the winner of the 9th competitive selection of Ukrainian State Film Agency; the sum of state financing amounts to about 20 percent of the film’s total budget of 95 million UAH.
You can follow the news of the project on its official Facebook page, Instagram account, and official website.
