List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales

Here are the films of the USSR with the greatest number of ticket sales during the year in question.[1][2] Note that, in line with the definition above, this list does not include many Soviet TV series and other TV movies, which were not shown in cinemas of the USSR.

Accordingly, the list includes sales during each year only, which often means that the total number of tickets sold was even bigger. As an example, according to the list below the film The Red Snowball Tree, the top seller of the year 1974, sold 62.5 million tickets during that year. But the total number of sold tickets during all years was in fact 140 million.[3] This figure is comparable to some of the United States' all-time highest ticket sellers, such as The Sound of Music, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Titanic, in fact exceeding the latter's estimated ticket sales of 135.5 million.[4]

In the mid-1960s, the annual gross ticket sales in the Soviet Union amounted to 1 billion Soviet rubles.[5] At the 1960s exchange rate of 0.9 rubles per US dollar,[6] this was $1.11 billion (equivalent to $9 billion in 2016). This included both domestic Soviet films and foreign films, which drew higher average ticket sales than domestic productions.[7][5] Indian films had the strongest presence in the foreign blockbuster charts for four decades, followed by American films.[8][7] Foreign imports included 300 Indian films[9] (most of which were Bollywood films), 41 American films (Hollywood), and 38 French films.[7][5]

Domestic films

Year Russian title English title Tickets sold (millions) IMDB entry
1940 Истребители The Fighters 27.1
1944 В шесть часов вечера после войны Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War 26.1
1945 Без вины виноватые Guilty Without Guilt 28.91
1946 Каменный цветок The Stone Flower 23.17
1947 Подвиг разведчика Secret Agent 22.73
1948 Молодая гвардия The Young Guard 42.4
1949 Встреча на Эльбе Encounter at the Elbe 24.2
1950 Смелые люди Brave People 41.2
1951 В мирные дни In Peaceful Time 23.5
1952 Незабываемый год 1919 The Unforgettable Year 1919 31.6
1953 Любовь Яровая Lyubov Yarovaya 46.4
1954 Судьба Марины Marina's Destiny 37.9
1955 Солдат Иван Бровкин Private Ivan 40.37
1956 Карнавальная ночь Carnival Night 48.64
1957 Сёстры The Sisters 42.5
1958 Над Тиссой Over Tissa 45.74
1959 Ч.П.-Чрезвычайное Происшествие E.A. — Extraordinary Accident 47.5
1960 Вдали от Родины Far from the Motherland 42.0
1961 Полосатый рейс Striped Trip 32.34
1962 Человек-амфибия The Amphibian Man 65.5
1963 Оптимистическая трагедия Optimistic Tragedy 46.0
1964 Живые и мёртвые The Alive and the Dead 41.5
1965 Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures 69.6
1966 По тонкому льду On Thin Ice 42.5
1967 Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика Kidnapping, Caucasian Style 76.54
1968 Щит и меч The Shield and the Sword 68.3
1969 Бриллиантовая рука The Diamond Arm 76.7
1970 Неподсуден Not Under the Jurisdiction 43.3
1971 Офицеры Officers 53.4
1972 Джентльмены удачи Gentlemen of Fortune 65.02
1973 Всадник без головы The Headless Horseman 64.9
1974 Калина красная The Red Snowball Tree 62.5
1975 Афоня Afonya 62.2
1976 Табор уходит в небо Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven 64.9
1977 Несовершеннолетние The Age of Innocence 44.6
1978 Служебный роман Office Romance 58.4
1979 Женщина, которая поёт A Woman Who Sings 54.9
1980 Пираты ХХ века Pirates of the 20th Century 87.6
1981 Тегеран-43 Teheran 43 47.5
1982 Спортлото-82 Sportloto-82 55.2
1983 Вокзал для двоих Station for Two 35.8
1984 Любовь и голуби Love and Pigeons 44.5
1985 Самая обаятельная и привлекательная The Most Charming and Attractive 44.9
1986 Двойной капкан Double Trap 42.9
1987 Человек с бульвара Капуцинов A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines 39.8
1988 Маленькая Вера Little Vera 54.9
1989 Интердевочка Intergirl 41.3

Foreign films

This is a list of foreign films that sold the most tickets at the Soviet box office.[10] Among the foreign films that sold more than 20 million tickets in the Soviet Union, 50 were Indian films (Bollywood),[11][12] the highest from any nation,[7] followed by 41 American films (Hollywood) and 38 French films.[7]

Year English title Russian title Country Original
release		 Tickets sold
(millions)[10]		 IMDB
entry		 Gross[n 1]
(million SUR)		 Gross
(million USD)		 Adjusted gross
(million USD)
1975 Yesenia Есения Mexico 1971 91.4 22.85 31.3[n 2] 142
1961 The Magnificent Seven Великолепная семёрка USA 1960 67 16.75 18.61[n 3] 152
1954 Awaara Бродяга India 1951 63.7 29[15] 7.25[n 4] 66
1974 Mackenna's Gold Золото Маккенны USA 1969 63 15.75 20.9[n 5] 104
1967 Spartacus Спартак USA 1960 63 15.75 17.5[n 3] 128
1975 Bobby Бобби India 1973 62.6 15.65 21.44[n 2] 98
1976 The White Dress Белое платье Egypt 1973 61 15.25 20.12[n 6] 87
1984 Disco Dancer Танцор диско India 1982 60.9 60[16] 75.85[n 7] 179
1978 Barood Мститель India 1976 60 15 21.25[n 8] 80
1978 The Four Charlots Musketeers Четыре мушкетёра Шарло France 1974 56.6 14.15 20.04[n 8] 75

See also

Notes

    1. ↑ Estimates based on number of tickets sold at average ticket price of 25 kopecks,[13] unless otherwise noted.
    2. 1 2 0.73 rubles per dollar in 1975[14]
    3. 1 2 0.9 rubles per dollar from 1961 to 1971[14]
    4. ↑ 4 rubles per dollar from 1950 to 1960[14]
    5. ↑ 0.7536 rubles per dollar in 1974[14]
    6. ↑ 0.758 rubles per dollar in 1976[14]
    7. ↑ 0.791 rubles per dollar in 1984[14]
    8. 1 2 0.706 rubles per dollar in 1978[14]

    References

    1. ↑ Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
    2. ↑ "Prokat2". Kinokultura.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
    3. ↑ "Interview with Boris Pavlenok, deputy director of the USSR GosKino". Kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
    4. ↑ "All Time Box Office > Domestic Grosses: Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 15, 2018. * Adjusted to the estimated number of tickets sold. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each film was released (taking into account rereleases where applicable).
    5. 1 2 3 The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War, page 357, Routledge, 2014
    6. ↑ Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
    7. 1 2 3 4 5 Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that had Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 44, Cornell University Press, 2011
    8. ↑ Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin, page 75, Indiana University Press, 2005
    9. ↑ "With love from India to Russia". Russia Beyond. 22 October 2009.
    10. 1 2 Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
    11. ↑ A Taste for Indian Films: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in Post-Stalinist Soviet Society, page 312, Indiana University
    12. ↑ Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)".
    13. ↑ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
    14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Archive of Bank of Russia http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
    15. ↑ Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin, page 211, Indiana University Press, 2005
    16. ↑ Bollywood returns to Russian screens, Russia Beyond the Headlines, September 2009
    • Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Посещаемость отечественных и зарубежных фильмов в советском кинопрокате".
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