The World Champion

In 1978, young ambitious Soviet chess champion Anatoly Karpov must defend his title against a former mentor and defector to the West Viktor Korchnoi. Their face-off becomes the most dramatic championship match in chess history.

Grosses

Russia/CIS
$6,232,076
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorCentral Partnership
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Opening$751
6 theaters
Release DateApr 13, 2022
Running Time2 hr 25 min
GenresDrama History Sport
In Release263 days/37 weeks
Widest Release1,964 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jan 6-95$1,572,682-1,964-$800$4,288,077-
Jan 13-166$449,511-1,857-$242$4,936,605-
Jan 20-238$236,031-1,203-$196$5,202,984-
Jan 27-309$119,759-568-$210$5,351,026-
Feb 10-1323$17,802-77-$231$5,528,358-
Feb 17-2026$9,316-35-$266$5,524,262-
Feb 24-2735$2,456-9-$272$5,118,768-
Mar 3-644$720-10-$72$3,488,926-
Mar 10-1346$1,177-13-$90$3,197,777-
Mar 17-2058$1,189-12-$99$4,121,383-
Mar 24-2756$1,875-8-$234$4,199,956-
Mar 31-Apr 366$790-4-$197$5,031,065-
Apr 7-1051$1,734-5-$346$5,347,421-
Apr 14-1770$751-6-$125$5,189,9931
Apr 21-2463$868+15.6%8+2$108$5,607,0462
Apr 28-May 179$228-73.7%5-3$45$5,996,4303
May 5-820$320+40.4%5-$64$6,330,2054
May 12-1587$249-22.2%4-1$62$6,648,4175
Jun 23-26110$78-2-$39$7,901,88511
Jun 30-Jul 378$193+147.4%4+2$48$7,709,09812
Nov 17-2067$1,093-15-$72$7,097,50832
Nov 24-27
World Cup (Qatar)
82$624-42.9%9-6$69$7,118,99433
Dec 1-4
World Cup (Qatar)
82$359-42.5%6-3$59$6,937,48334
Dec 15-18
World Cup (Qatar)
73$398-4-$99$6,648,89436
Dec 22-2565$278-30.2%4-$69$6,232,07637