The CEO of Anheuser-Busch has released an “apology” following its partnership with TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
27.03.2023 - 21:43 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Hollywood swore off the booming and lucrative box office territory, with the first studios, Disney and Warner Bros, respectively pulling their big movies out of the country, Turning Red and The Batman.
However, this past weekend, Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 made it through the Iron Curtain, an overseas territory that has historically been rich to the Keanu Reeves action franchise in what reps the biggest Hollywood tentpole to play theaters there since the unofficial boycott of the market began. The pic posted a record debut of $4.3M which was a 33% increase over John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum‘s start in Russia based on today’s exchange rates. Worldwide, off 71 offshore territories, John Wick: Chapter 4 posted a franchise record opening of $137.5M, $73.8M domestic. In the wake of Hollywood largely refusing to do business in Russia, pirated versions of films have flooded cinemas with some first-run titles busting their way into the country.
How did John Wick: Chapter 4‘s Russia release come to be?
Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair Joe Drake told Deadline, “We had prior contracts, we had obligations to meet.” Lionsgate only self distributes their movies abroad in the UK and Latin America, selling off foreign rights to raise capital on their theatrical slates; the fourth movie here costing an estimated $100M before P&A spend. Lionsgate’s Russian pre-sales on John Wick: Chapter 4 predated the country’s invasion of Ukraine last year.
“As part of meeting those obligations, we did extensive research that there were non-sanctioned parties (involved),” Drake added.
That non-sanctioned distributor releasing John Wick: Chapter 4 in Russia
The CEO of Anheuser-Busch has released an “apology” following its partnership with TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
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