At the moment, The Invasion, released on January 1, 2020, has met the budget and expectations of its creators at the box office. However, the audience received the new film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk extremely unfriendly, as evidenced by its ratings.
Kinopoisk - 5.8, IMDb - 5.6.
Fees
"Invasion" entered the top 3 highest-grossing films of the first week of Russian distribution in the new 2020, second only to the film "Kholop". On the second day, Fyodor Bondarchuk's film lost 14% of the box office, collecting another 93 million rubles.
Recall that the film tells about an ordinary girl Yulia Lebedeva, who discovered superpowers in herself after the fall of an alien object. Her new powers have attracted the attention of not only scientists and the military, but also inhabitants of other planets. Now the threat of invasion looms over the Earth ...
How much money did Invasion raise in 5 days? Kinolenta managed to collect about 500 million rubles. Analysts believe that thanks to the long rental, which was the first part of the project, the sequel can overcome the billion-ruble mark.
The box office of the movie "Attraction" (2017), which is the previous part of the franchise, amounted to 1,073,307,179 rubles with a budget of 380 million.
The box office of "Invasion" (2020) in other countries is unknown, the world premiere took place on January 3, so it's too early to judge the world box office. Official information about him will appear later.
Director's opinion
Fyodor Bondarchuk (Down House, I'll Stay, Ghost, Battalion, Dyldy) said what he thinks about his new project:
“The Invasion genre can be called romantic sai-fay. I am sure that viewers will appreciate the scale and quality of graphics first of all, but besides that, they will be able to find there important ideas, messages, which are responsible for the concept of “meaning” in the picture.
In general, "Invasion" is an independent film from the universe of "Attraction", but if someone wants to call it a sequel, then there is nothing to worry about. It was essential to make the viewer freely watch the film, without even knowing what was happening in the previous part.
To be honest, at some point I joined the group of those who said “Petrov is too much on the screen,” and even suggested removing him from the marketing of the project. But then we held focus groups and realized that everyone accepts Sasha, and his popularity is explained by his pronounced personality, talent and charisma. "
So far, the box office of the film "Invasion" (2020) is confidently trying to overcome the budget amount (645 million rubles). Analysts are confident that the project will be able to collect at least a billion rubles, so that Fedor Bondarchuk can already safely develop the plot of the third part of the franchise.
