Attraction (2017 film)

Attraction
US theatrical release poster
Directed byFyodor Bondarchuk
Screenplay by
  • Andrey Zolotaryov
  • Oleg Malovichko
Produced by
  • Fyodor Bondarchuk
  • Dmitriy Rudovskiy
  • Mikhail Vrubel
  • Gabriel Klement
  • Aleksandr Andryushchenko
  • Anton Zlatopolskiy
Starring
CinematographyMikhail Khasaya
Edited byAleksandr Andryushchenko
Music byIvan Burlyaev
Production
companies
Distributed byWDSSPR
Release date
  • 26 January 2017 (2017-01-26) (Russia)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$6.3 million
(380 million RUB)
Box office$19.4 million[1]
(1,073,381,680 RUB)

Attraction (Russian: Притяжение, romanizedPrityazhenie) is a 2017 Russian science fiction action film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The plot focuses upon an extraterrestrial spaceship crash-landing in the Chertanovo district of Moscow after an attack by Russian Air Forces. The Russian government immediately implements martial law, as local civilians grow increasingly angry at their unwelcomed guest due to false propaganda.[2] The film stars Irina Starshenbaum, Alexander Petrov, Rinal Mukhametov, and Oleg Menshikov.

The project became the fourth Russian film transferred to the IMAX 3D format.[3] The premiere of the film in Russia was in January 2017 by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR).[4][5] Attraction became a box office hit, grossing more than 1 billion rubles[6] and becoming the highest-grossing Russian sci-fi movie. The film received mixed reviews from western critics.

A sequel to the film, Invasion, premiered on New Year's Day 2020.

  1. ^ "Attraction (2017)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ Tsulaya, Dariko (October 5, 2016). "Пришельцы в Чертанове: Что известно о секретном фильме Бондарчука" [Aliens in Chertanovo: What is known about Bondarchuk's secret film] (in Russian). KinoPoisk.
  3. ^ Afanasyeva, Anna (January 24, 2017). "У IMAX заело пленку" [IMAX stuck film] (in Russian). Kommersant.
  4. ^ "Олег Меньшиков — главная звезда нового фильма Федора Бондарчука" [Oleg Menshikov - the main star of the new film by Fyodor Bondarchuk] (in Russian). Business portal BFM.ru. April 18, 2016.
  5. ^ "Список самых ожидаемых кинопремьер января 2017 года" [List of the most anticipated movie premieres in January 2017] (in Russian). KinoTime.org. January 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "Зрители почувствовали "Притяжение"" [The audience felt the Attraction] (in Russian). Kommersant. February 8, 2017.