List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales
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Here are the film
s of the USSR
with the greatest number of ticket sales during the year in question. 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
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s of the USSR
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with the greatest number of ticket sales during the year in question. 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
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of the USSR
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| 1940 1940 in film The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia.-Events:*February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released.... |
Истребители | The Fighters | 27.1 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031498/ |
| 1944 1944 in film The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning Going My Way plus popular murder mysteries such as Double Indemnity, Gaslight and Laura.-Events:*July 20 - Since You Went Away is released.... |
В шесть часов вечера после войны | Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War | 26.1 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037423/ |
| 1945 1945 in film The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring a ghost named Casper.* With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins.... |
Без вины виноватые | Guilty Without Guilt | 28.91 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037540/ |
| 1946 1946 in film The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*November 21 - William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.*December 20 - Frank Capra's It's a... |
Каменный цветок | The Stone Flower The Stone Flower The Stone Flower is a 1946 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It was the Soviet Union's first color film shot on AgfaColor negative film seized in Germany, and was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival... |
23.17 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038666/ |
| 1947 1947 in film The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York.*November 24 : The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten".*November 25... |
Подвиг разведчика | Secret Agent Secret Agent (1947 film) Secret Agent is a 1947 Soviet spy film directed by Boris Barnet based on a novel The deed remains unknown by Mikhail Maklyarsky with Pavel Kadochnikov in the leading role... |
22.73 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039716/ |
| 1948 1948 in film The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :... |
Молодая гвардия | The Young Guard The Young Guard (film) The Young Guard is a two-part 1948 Soviet film directed by Sergei Gerasimov based on the novel of the same title by Alexander Fadeyev. In 1949 a Stalin Prize for this film was awarded to Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, and the group of leading actors.The Film was also the highest... |
42.4 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040601/ |
| 1949 1949 in film The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello... |
Встреча на Эльбе | Encounter at the Elbe Encounter at the Elbe Encounter at the Elbe is a Soviet movie released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the East and the American Army advancing from the West, that met each other for the first time on the River Elbe, at the closing time of... |
24.2 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042029/ |
| 1950 1950 in film The year 1950 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 15 - Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:*Ambush... |
Смелые люди | Courageous People | 41.2 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042977/ |
| 1951 1951 in film The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:... |
В мирные дни | In Peaceful Time | 23.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043095/ |
| 1952 1952 in film The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.... |
Незабываемый год 1919 | The Unforgettable Year 1919 The Unforgettable Year 1919 The Unforgettable Year 1919 is a 1952 Soviet film directed by Mikhail Chiaureli. It is considered an important representation of Joseph Stalin's cult of personality.-Plot:May 1919... |
31.6 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044964/ |
| 1953 1953 in film The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A... |
Любовь Яровая | Lyubov Yarovaya | 46.4 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046019/ |
| 1954 1954 in film The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda... |
Судьба Марины | Marina's Destiny Marina's Destiny Marina's Destiny is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Viktor Ivchenko. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:*Yekaterina Litvinenko*Nikolai Gritsenko*Tatyana Konyukhova*Les Serdyuk*Mikhail Kuznetsov*Boris Andreyev... |
37.9 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046381/ |
| 1955 1955 in film The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released.... |
Солдат Иван Бровкин | Soldier Ivan Brovkin | 40.37 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048639/ |
| 1956 1956 in film The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by... |
Карнавальная ночь | Carnival Night Carnival Night The Carnival Night is a 1956 Soviet musical film. It is Eldar Ryazanov's first big-screen film, Lyudmila Gurchenko's first role and also one of the most famous films starring popular comedian Igor Ilyinsky.The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1956 with a total of 48.64 million tickets... |
48.64 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049397/ |
| 1957 1957 in film The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue-Awards:... |
Сёстры | The Sisters | 42.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168162/ |
| 1958 1958 in film The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946.... |
Над Тиссой | Over the Tissa | 45.74 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234307/ |
| 1959 1959 in film The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters.... |
Ч.П.-Чрезвычайное Происшествие | Extraordinary Accident | 47.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051470/ |
| 1960 1960 in film The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I... |
Вдали от Родины | Far from the Motherland | 42.0 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140672/ |
| 1961 1961 in film The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB... |
Полосатый рейс | Striped Trip | 32.34 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056357/ |
| 1962 1962 in film The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May - The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government.... |
Человек-амфибия | The Amphibian Man | 65.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055844/ |
| 1963 1963 in film The year 1963 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.... |
Оптимистическая трагедия | Optimistic Tragedy Optimistic Tragedy (film) Optimistic Tragedy is a 1963 Soviet film directed by Samson Samsonov. It is based on the eponymous play by Vsevolod Vishnevsky and was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.... |
46.0 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057388/ |
| 1964 1964 in film The year 1964 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is released.... |
Живые и мёртвые | The Alive and the Dead | 41.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057717/ |
| 1965 1965 in film The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:... |
Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика | Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures is a 1965 Soviet slapstick comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, starring Aleksandr Demyanenko, Natalya Seleznyova, Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin and Yevgeny Morgunov. The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate" , "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y"... |
69.6 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059550/ |
| 1966 1966 in film The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer... |
По тонкому льду | On Thin Ice | 42.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188147/ |
| 1967 1967 in film The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:* December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television.... |
Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика | Kidnapping, Caucasian Style Kidnapping, Caucasian Style A she-prisoner of the Caucasus, or Shurik's New Adventures , also known as Kidnapping, Caucasian Style is a Soviet comedy film dealing with the theme of bride kidnapping.... |
76.54 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060584/ |
| 1968 1968 in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :- Awards :... |
Щит и меч | The Shield and the Sword | 68.3 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166790/ |
| 1969 1969 in film The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980... |
Бриллиантовая рука | The Diamond Arm The Diamond Arm The Diamond Arm is a 1968 Soviet comedy film filmed by Mosfilm and first released in 1968. The film was directed by slapstick director Leonid Gaidai and starred several famous Soviet actors, including Yuri Nikulin, Andrei Mironov, Anatoli Papanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Svetlana Svetlichnaya. The... |
76.7 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062759/ |
| 1970 1970 in film The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career.... |
Неподсуден | Not Under the Jurisdiction | 43.3 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064720/ |
| 1971 1971 in film The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music... |
Офицеры | Officers | 53.4 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067517/ |
| 1972 1972 in film The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB... |
Джентльмены удачи | Gentlemen of Fortune Gentlemen of Fortune Gentlemen of Fortune is a Soviet comedy, filmed at Mosfilm. The stars of the film include famous Soviet actors such as Savely Kramarov, Yevgeny Leonov, Georgy Vitsin, and Radner Muratov.... |
65.02 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068519/ |
| 1973 1973 in film The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra.... |
Всадник без головы | The Headless Horseman | 64.9 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202080/ |
| 1974 1974 in film The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J... |
Калина красная | The Red Snowball Tree | 62.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070262/ |
| 1975 1975 in film The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.-Events:*March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.... |
Афоня | Afonya Afonya Afonya is a Soviet film produced by Mosfilm and first released in 1975. The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1975 with a total of 62.2 million ticket sales... |
62.2 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072613/ |
| 1976 1976 in film The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film... |
Табор уходит в небо | Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven Queen of the Gypsies Queen of the Gypsies One of the songs near the introduction of the film had become popular on Youtube as the "Gypsie Song".It was the most attended movie in the Soviet Union in 1976, with 64.9 million tickets sold.-External links:*... |
64.9 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073781/ |
| 1977 1977 in film The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network.... |
Несовершеннолетние | The Age of Innocence | 44.6 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175970/ |
| 1978 1978 in film The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California.... |
Служебный роман | Office Romance | 58.4 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076727/ |
| 1979 1979 in film The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.... |
Женщина, которая поёт | A Woman Who Sings | 54.9 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169403/ |
| 1980 1980 in film - Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year .... |
Пираты ХХ века | Pirates of the XXth Century | 87.6 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151987/ |
| 1981 1981 in film -Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.... |
Тегеран-43 | Teheran 43 Teheran 43 Teheran 43 is a 1981 USSR-France-Switzerland film made by Mosfilm, Mediterraneo Cine and Pro Dis Film, directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov.The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1981 and had 47.5 million viewers... |
47.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081609/ |
| 1982 1982 in film -Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T... |
Спортлото-82 | Sportloto 82 | 55.2 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084716/ |
| 1983 1983 in film -Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of... |
Вокзал для двоих | Station for Two | 35.8 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084873/ |
| 1984 1984 in film -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.... |
Любовь и голуби | Love and Pigeons | 44.5 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087650/ |
| 1985 1985 in film -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie... |
Самая обаятельная и привлекательная | The Most Charming and Attractive | 44.9 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089957/ |
| 1986 1986 in film -Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle.*April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*May - Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.... |
Двойной капкан | Double Trap | 42.9 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089063/ |
| 1987 1987 in film -Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.... |
Человек с бульвара Капуцинов | A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines | 39.8 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092745/ |
| 1988 1988 in film -Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:* Act of Piracy* Action Jackson, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Akira* Alice... |
Маленькая Вера | Little Vera Little Vera Little Vera , produced at the Gorky Film Studio and released in 1988, is a film by Russian film director Vasili Pichul. The title in Russian is ambiguous and can also mean "Little Faith," symbolizing the characters' lack of hope .... |
54.9 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095574/ |
| 1989 1989 in film -Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million... |
Интердевочка | Intergirl Intergirl Intergirl is a 1989 Soviet drama film. Set in Leningrad in the time of perestroika during the 1980s, it was the first piece of the popular culture portraying prostitution in the USSR... |
41.3 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097584/ |