Dark World

(2010 Re-release)

In Russia, the mystic student of linguistic Marina Leonova is in love with her boyfriend Artur. However, he blows her off and dates their schoolmate Vika. When their class travels to the countryside with their Professor Sergey Rudolfovich to research mystic spots, they meet a weird old lady in the forest and she invites them to have a meal with her. The outcast Marina stays by the lake and Artur seeks her to have sex. However they are surprised by their friends and the ashamed Marina runs to the forest. Kostya, who has a crush on Marina, follows her and they get lost in the woods. Marina and Kostya reach an abandoned house and Marina decides to explore the spot. She finds the mummified corpse of a witch holding a shield and she is possessed by a force and faints. Sergey and his students find her and he call a rescue team to help Marina. However, a violent elite squad in a helicopter arrives instead and sooner the students discover that the Minister of Mining Aleksandr is the son of the powerful sorcerer Ylto Vallo that was murdered centuries ago by the Queen of the Witches. Aleksandr wants to retrieve the power of his father and needs the magic spell that will release his power from the shield. But Marina is also a witch and she will do anything to avoid the evil Aleksandr from getting the power.

Grosses

Russia/CIS
$8,347,426
Domestic ()
Summary Details
DistributorCentral Partnership
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Opening$3,273,788
892 theaters
Release DateOct 7, 2010
Running Time1 hr 40 min
GenresAdventure Fantasy Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release86 days/12 weeks
Widest Release892 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Oct 7-101$3,273,788-892-$3,670$3,273,7881
Oct 14-172$2,127,546-35%892-$2,385$6,523,4172
Oct 21-247$749,940-64.8%453-439$1,655$7,866,4463
Oct 28-3112$239,196-68.1%81-372$2,953$8,328,1754
Nov 4-736$3,354-98.6%29-52$115$8,342,9585
Nov 11-1433$2,346-30.1%12-17$195$8,346,4786
Nov 18-2156$434-81.5%5-7$86$8,347,1297
Nov 25-2853$198-54.4%2-3$99$8,347,4268