Russia

Russian cinema chain Karo has announced the opening of six new theaters in the coming weeks. The Neva, Rassvet, Mars, and Vysota theaters, all in Moscow, will open December 30, with two additional theaters in the city—the Sophia and the...

At the CineEurope presentation “Innovation at KARO: It is Never About Movies and Popcorn Alone,” Paul Heth (Executive Chairman and CEO) and Olga Zinyakova (President and General Director) of Russian chain Karo expanded on the company’s “New Generation” concept, designed...

Tuesday, October 5 saw Sony release Venom: Let There Be Carnage pass the $100M mark at the domestic market. The film opened to a pandemic-high $90.030M on opening weekend, reaching the $100M mark after day five—one day quicker than its...

Leading Russian cinema operator Karo will open 10 Karo: New Generation locations with developer ADG over the next 10 months, with the first to open on November 15, 2021, it was announced today. Another six locations are slated to open...

Friday, May 21 Update: Universal reports today that F9 charged up $59.1 million in China on opening day, representing the second biggest debut of the pandemic by any film other than local entry Detective Chinatown 3. The figure marks Universal's...

European, Middle Eastern & African cinema exhibitor services company CinemaNext has struck an agreement with Kinostar for a Sphera premium cinema and the supply of cinema equipment and fit-out services for a new seven-screen, 926-seat theater at the Grozny Mall...

Karo, one of Russia’s leading cinema chains, has opened its private cinema rentals to gamers—allowing customers to book Karo auditoriums to play a video game of their choice in the company of friends. As the popularity of private cinema rentals...

Leading Russian cinema chain Karo has opted for Barco’s DP4K-60L laser projector from Cinionic—a joint project of Barco, CGS, and ALPD—for the premiere hall at their “Karo 11 October” cinema. Founded in 1967, the October cinema was converted into an...

Russian cinema operator KARO, boasting 262 screens across 32 locations, has offered insight into the state of the Russian box office moving into 2021. Reports the operator, the most successful film over the New Year’s holidays in Russia was Dmitry...

Kakha (Непосредственно Каха), a Russian-language comedy directed by Victor Shamirov, has achieved the highest opening for any film in Russia since cinemas were allowed to open there in August of this year. According to box office data collected on Monday,...

Press Release Russian chains Karo Cinemas and Kinomax have announced a joint venture to further develop their combined cinema advertising market.  The cinema advertising venture will reach Karo and Kinomax’s combined 530 screens, spread across Karo’s 32 cinemas and Kinomax’s...

Relatively new as a theatrical exhibition market—compared to fellow European stalwarts like France and the U.K.—Russia has seen considerable growth in the past handful of years, doubling their admissions between 2007 and 2017 and ranking as the leading European territory...