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''Cheburashka'' was theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2023, by [[Central Partnership]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/kultura/10748753 |title=Премьеру семейной комедии о Чебурашке запланировали на 1 января 2023 года |language=Russian |trans-title=The premiere of the family comedy about Cheburashka was scheduled for January 1, 2023 |last= |first= |date=February 20, 2021 |work=[[TASS]] |accessdate=}}</ref>
''Cheburashka'' was theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2023, by [[Central Partnership]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/kultura/10748753 |title=Премьеру семейной комедии о Чебурашке запланировали на 1 января 2023 года |language=Russian |trans-title=The premiere of the family comedy about Cheburashka was scheduled for January 1, 2023 |last= |first= |date=February 20, 2021 |work=[[TASS]] |accessdate=}}</ref>


''Cheburashka'' [[List of highest-grossing Russian films|set a box office record among Russian films]] released on January 1: it grossed more than 225 million rubles on the first day of release, and 837 million rubles in the first three days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20230103/film-1842913987.html |title=Мультфильм "Чебурашка" установил рекорд в прокате |language=Russian |trans-title=Animation ''Cheburashka'' set a record at the box office |last=Odinokov |first=Yevgeny |date=January 3, 2023 |work=[[RIA Novosti]] |accessdate=January 9, 2023}}</ref> After Fifteen days of rolling, the film has already collected over 4 billion [[ruble]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://overclockers.ru/world/amp/123161/sbory-cheburashki-za-pervye-dni-prokata-perevalili-za-1-3-milliarda-rublej |title=Сборы «Чебурашки» за первые дни проката перевалили за 1,3 миллиарда рублей |language=Russian |trans-title=Fees ''Cheburashka'' for the first days of hire exceeded 1.3 billion rubles |last=Andreev |first=Mikhail |date=January 4, 2023 |work=Overclockers |accessdate=January 9, 2023}}</ref> making it the highest-grossing Russian film. It also became the first film to gross more than [[Russian ruble|₽]]4 billion.
''Cheburashka'' [[List of highest-grossing Russian films|set a box office record among Russian films]] released on January 1: it grossed more than 225 million [[ruble]]s on the first day of release, and 837 million rubles in the first three days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20230103/film-1842913987.html |title=Мультфильм "Чебурашка" установил рекорд в прокате |language=Russian |trans-title=Animation ''Cheburashka'' set a record at the box office |last=Odinokov |first=Yevgeny |date=January 3, 2023 |work=[[RIA Novosti]] |accessdate=January 9, 2023}}</ref> After Fifteen days of rolling, the film has already collected over 4 billion rubles,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://overclockers.ru/world/amp/123161/sbory-cheburashki-za-pervye-dni-prokata-perevalili-za-1-3-milliarda-rublej |title=Сборы «Чебурашки» за первые дни проката перевалили за 1,3 миллиарда рублей |language=Russian |trans-title=Fees ''Cheburashka'' for the first days of hire exceeded 1.3 billion rubles |last=Andreev |first=Mikhail |date=January 4, 2023 |work=Overclockers |accessdate=January 9, 2023}}</ref> making it the highest-grossing Russian film. It also became the first film to gross more than [[Russian ruble|₽]]4 billion.


Critics highly praised its visual effects, though the story was considered to be predictable. Following the film's success, [[Soyuzmultfilm]] signed a deal to produce a sequel.
Critics highly praised its visual effects, though the story was considered to be predictable. Following the film's success, [[Soyuzmultfilm]] signed a deal to produce a sequel.

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Cheburashka
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDmitry Dyachenko
Written by
  • Vitaly Shlyappo
  • Vasily Kutsenko
  • Vyacheslav Zub
  • Anatoly Molchanov
Based onCheburashka
by Eduard Uspensky
Produced by
  • Eduard Iloyan (ru)
  • Denis Zhalinsky (ru)
  • Vitaly Shlyappo (ru)
  • Aleksey Trotsyuk (ru)
  • Anton Zlatopolsky (ru)
  • Yuliana Slashcheva (ru)
  • Lika Blank
  • Vadim Vereshchagin
  • Vyacheslav Murugov (ru)
  • Mikhail Tkachenko
  • Anna Ryzhikova
Starring
CinematographyIvan Lebedev
Edited by
  • Anton Anisimov
  • Kirill Abramov
  • Tim Pavelko
  • Dmitrii Smorchkov
Music byIvan Kanaev
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • January 1, 2023 (2023-01-01)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget
  • ₽850 million
  • $12 million
Box office

Cheburashka (Template:Lang-ru) is a 2023 Russian live-action/computer-animated children's comedy film directed by Dmitry Dyachenko. The film is an adaptation of the 1960s Russian fairy tale Crocodile Gena by Eduard Uspensky, and a reboot of all the cartoons shot mainly in the Soviet Union, a 1969 full-length feature film about Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka. The film stars Olga Kuzmina as the titular character along with Sergei Garmash, Fyodor Dobronravov, and Elena Yakovleva. The idea for the film was put into motion as early as 2020, but filming began in early 2021 at the Sochi Arboretum.[4][5]

Cheburashka was theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2023, by Central Partnership.[6]

Cheburashka set a box office record among Russian films released on January 1: it grossed more than 225 million rubles on the first day of release, and 837 million rubles in the first three days.[7] After Fifteen days of rolling, the film has already collected over 4 billion rubles,[8] making it the highest-grossing Russian film. It also became the first film to gross more than ₽4 billion.

Critics highly praised its visual effects, though the story was considered to be predictable. Following the film's success, Soyuzmultfilm signed a deal to produce a sequel.

Plot

The film tells about a furry animal named Cheburashka, who lives in an orange grove and ends up in a small town by the sea, where he meets an old man who is closed in himself, a boy who cannot speak, his mother and an unusual lady who wants to buy it and give it to her granddaughter, as well as a huge number of other characters.[9]

Cast

Voice cast

Live-action cast

  • Sergei Garmash as Gena, a gardener (Gena the Crocodile)
  • Fyodor Dobronravov as Valery "Valera" Zavgorodny, exotic animal specialist
  • Elena Yakovleva as Rimma, director of the chocolate factory (Old Lady Shapoklyak)
  • Dmitry Lysenkov [ru] as Larion, Rimma's assistant
  • Eva Smirnova as Sonya, a little girl, Rimma's granddaughter
  • Ilya Kondratenko as Grisha, a deaf and mute boy
  • Polina Maximova as Tanya, Grisha's mother
    • Alisa Mynay as Tanya as a child, Gena's daughter
  • Sergei Lavygin as Tolya, Grisha's father
  • Sophia Zayka as Galya, an ice cream and drinks vendor
  • Konstantin Fadeev as Vasily, Rimma's driver
  • Marina Konyashkina as Lyuba in her youth, young Gena's wife

Production

Dmitry Dyachenko about a big-eared animal named Cheburashka, who gets into a new world. Yuliana Slashcheva is the chairman of the board of the Soyuzmultfilm film studio, and Eduard Iloyan is the general producer of Yellow, Black and White studio were engaged in the creation of the cartoon in tandem with the STS and Russia-1 channels. The start of filming was scheduled for 2021. The film adaptation will be shared by both channels, but the premiere launch is expected on Russia-1. YBW is responsible for financing the project, according to preliminary data, production costs will amount to at least 600 million rubles.[10]

Post-production

File:Olga Kuzmina.jpg
Olga Kuzmina, who gave the voice to Cheburashka.

The film is planned to contain a large amount of computer graphics. Cheburashka will be created using motion capture technology and other modern devices. It will be integrated into the film using the Full CG blending method.

Filming

Principal photography of the film started in September 2021 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, using the Sochi Arboretum park, on the sea embankment and the Sanatorium named after G.K. Ordzhonikidze were used as locations.[11]

A little later, the team will move to the cities of Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk and Yessentuki, Stavropol Krai, and then go to Moscow for field recordings. The creators specifically chose such places to create a sense of timelessness.[12]

Release

Broad release in the Russian Federation was for January 1, 2023 with the help of Central Partnership.

Reception

Box office

The budget of the film was 850 million rubles. As of January 6, 2023, the film's box office receipts amounted to more than 2 billion rubles, this is already the sixth film of domestic production that has overcome this threshold.[13] In the Russian box office, only 13 films have passed the two billion mark, including such films as Avatar, The Lion King (2019) and others.[14]

References

  1. ^ Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA)
  2. ^ "Cheburashka (2023)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Cheburashka (2023)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Karev, Igor (September 20, 2021). "Что известно про фильм «Чебурашка» с Сергеем Гармашом?" [What is known about the film "Cheburashka" with Sergei Garmash?]. Arguments and Facts (in Russian).
  5. ^ "Гармаш сыграет крокодила Гену, а Чебурашка оживет в полнометражном фильме" [Garmash will play the Crocodile Gena, and Cheburashka will come to life in a feature film]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). September 20, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Премьеру семейной комедии о Чебурашке запланировали на 1 января 2023 года" [The premiere of the family comedy about Cheburashka was scheduled for January 1, 2023]. TASS (in Russian). February 20, 2021.
  7. ^ Odinokov, Yevgeny (January 3, 2023). "Мультфильм "Чебурашка" установил рекорд в прокате" [Animation Cheburashka set a record at the box office]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  8. ^ Andreev, Mikhail (January 4, 2023). "Сборы «Чебурашки» за первые дни проката перевалили за 1,3 миллиарда рублей" [Fees Cheburashka for the first days of hire exceeded 1.3 billion rubles]. Overclockers (in Russian). Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "Чебурашка / Cheburashka (2023)". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
  10. ^ Alperina, Susanna (October 7, 2020). "Кто сыграет главную роль в художественном фильме про Чебурашку" [Who will play the main role in the feature film about Cheburashka]. Russian Gazette (in Russian).
  11. ^ Krasilnikov, Stanislav (October 7, 2020). "Съемки полнометражного фильма про Чебурашку начнутся в 2021 году" [Filming of a feature film about Cheburashka will begin in 2021]. TASS (in Russian).
  12. ^ "Любимый герой возвращается на экраны: начались съемки фильма "Чебурашка"" [Favorite hero returns to the screens: shooting of the film "Cheburashka" has begun]. Vesti.ru (in Russian). September 20, 2021.
  13. ^ Erozbek, Darya. "«Чебурашка» за пять дней проката собрал более 2 млрд рублей" [Cheburashka collected more than 2 billion rubles in five days of rental]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  14. ^ Nikitin, Nikita. "«Чебурашка» собрал 2 млрд рублей" [Cheburashka collected 2 billion rubles]. Film Distributor's Bulletin (in Russian). Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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